--Or, "they" are really Enlightened but Enlightenment isn't what it's cracked up to be.
In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 5/16/05 4:56 PM, Peter Sutphen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've got a serious question for everybody and no > > implicit criticism is meant and I'm also curious if > > there is a legitimate/valid, whatever reason, someone > > can come up with that I'm not quite getting. Why do we > > need any story whatsoever regarding MMY? We can > > neither confirm nor disconfirm any story. The > > arguments go on and on. Most of our stories whether in > > the pro or con camp are simply narratives of what we > > already believe. All we have is our own experiences > > regarding MMY. The stories can never, ever resolve; > > they never "make sense" unless you deny huge chunks of > > contradictory material. So, why and what is this need > > that some, all, a few, including moi, struggle with? > > -Peter > > Maybe trying to wrap your mind around irreconcilable paradoxes is > enlightening. Maybe it's worthwhile trying to understand what enlightenment > really is. Learning to accept that it doesn't necessarily fulfill idealist > expectations. Or that it is more elusive than we realize, and many so-called > enlightened were really short of the mark and self-deluded as to their > attainment. And therein lay their downfall. 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/
