> > --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > > One of the criteria I look for in an enlightened > > > being is overwhelming > > > compassion. <snip> --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A noble aspiration, but one which will relegate large portions of > yourSelf to the dustbin.
This reminds me of the Bodhisattva Vow, which is really not a vow, but an admission of a (slightly) flawed consciousness: "I shall remain here, not fully enlightened, so long as any sentient being anywhere remains unenlightened." This is not really a noble aspiration; it is rather the Self-evident, obvious dilemma of unity. Since we contain everyOne as a mirror of ourSelf, we are only as enlightened as what we perceive around us. Only by expanding ourselves to recognize Unenlightenment, darkness, lack of compassion, confusion, hatred, ignorance, and so on, to be actually not *out there* but merely petty dramas *in here* -- only Now can we finally see through them, realize the completely illusory nature of self vs. other in maya, and eliminate all suffering for all time. :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
