I suppose the paradox is there- maybe in thinking of the snake and string it clears it up-
The significant thing is a process of ilimination for what is transcient and what is eternal. All that which is transcient has a reality to it but short lived and therefore no reality so a paradox Last week, we had a gathering so one of the newly enlightened was there. She was saying the wonder of it all- for you can never get it but yet It is there It again points to the headline of this post- as I said earlier, you will see these comments from Guru's speaking from this level of Being such as Ramana Maharishi- I don't think you will find this from TM's Maharihsi because it is not know to him There is a good purpose in poiinting out if a Master is enlightened or not. For those open to this, examination can show why this possibility exists one way or the other- then it explains why one is confused, or why one has not heard or understood these things which Ramana talks about, or very significant is that the disciple is not going to go further than the Guru. There are two newly enlightened one's in my path this year. By comparrison, Nityananda, the guru of Muktananda left his body early and stated there is not one that came seeking eternal Liberation, but rather seeking out guidance for a better "Me" Bottom line is enlightenment is really a possibility this life time but the master has to be enlightened, sat Guru, and then from the opinion of my Guru, it is essencial to be working one to one. The Guru is the light, the disciple is in darkness which is ego ( identification of mind and body as being the self, or the small self is the existence) If one is using the inner Guru, visions, revelatiuons, form of inner Guru of some Guru, it is fiultered through this ego. Ego will fight tooth and nail to keep it 's throne, Outter Guru is the light that has already traversed the path to enlightenment and has the know how to guide one in this darkness- out of it The formula for enlightenment is surrender to this Guru which is consciousness, not mind and body- 0r put it this way, one is surrendering to consciosness. Faith is involved. If one is intent on argueing, intent that they will use their own inner guru, intent that they will do their own navigating- then this process is obviously not for them. in such a case, all that is said from this camp here is good luck with your journey, may it bring all that you are looking for Hridaya Puri --- In [email protected], "tertonzeno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --Thanks, Bronte, I like your comments!. > The statement, "There's only the One" is a true statement, but it's > incomplete, since a certain Guru with a name is saying that. The Guru > doesn't "have" a body....he is a body/mind as an individual as > opposed to other individuals, in the relative sense. > A more complete statement would be "There's only One, which > expresses Itself as many, without losing the nonduality". > >
