--In other words, most descriptions of E. are fraught with a degree of error; and/or are incomplete, and may include contradictions. Nevertheless, it's amusing and sometimes informative to try!
[email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > I worked with a teacher for many years who per- > > sonified the "I can't tell you the 'truth' about > > enlightenment because there IS no 'truth' about > > enlightenment that can be put into words" philos- > > ophy I have been rappin' about recently. > <snip> > > And so what happened, with all the care that he > > took to make this point -- over and over and over > > and over and over, for almost two decades? Many > > of his former students regularly do *exactly* > > what he told them not to. They glom onto some > > quote, delivered in a particular context, to a > > particular audience, from and about a particular > > state of consciousness, and they try to turn it > > into some cosmic "rule" or "guideline" or piece > > of incontrovertible dogma. Go figure. > > You mean, a quote like: "I can't tell you the > 'truth' about enlightenment because there IS > no 'truth' about enlightenment that can be put > into words"? >
