Excellent post, Robert. When I first read Turq's post this morning I wanted to comment on just the paragraph you snipped below, and even started writing but couldn't express it the way I felt it. But your post is right on (IMO).
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (snip) > > > That moment often is referred to by the enlightened as > > the pivotal moment in their lives in which the seed of > > realization was planted. It may not have actually been > > *doing* the Something Else that "caused" realization, > > but just making that decision to no longer be reliant > > on Someone Else's Path in almost every case revealed > > their *own* path to them. And that path led them home. > > > > This is good stuff- It is true you eventually have to 'find' it for > yourself- basically this is the philosophy of the 12-step programs- > that you need to find: 'Your own 'Higher Power'. > Jesus claimed the same: Search within... > Maharishi teaches the same: It's all within... > > Then there's the idea of 'old soul, young soul'... > Some people aren't the least bit interested in any of this stuff of > enlightenment, as they are caught up in the more material side of > things: survival, position, possessions, not much time left for > anything spiritual. > Then there's the one's that need to just follow one of the various > dogmas, of one the religions... > Only problem is: all of the religions are generally based in a figure- > head who was enlightened, but as was said, you can't get there, by > just being a 'Parrot'...quack, quack... > > Then there's the 'Jacobs Ladder Principle'... > Have you ever noticed when you are speaking to someone, > About some ecsorteric stuff, that they just sort of 'blank out', > And didn't hear a word you said; have you ever noticed that for > yourself, at times: someone will have told you something, and you > completely blank out on what was said. > Sometimes your not ready to hear what is being said. > You can't skip steps in the Soul's evolution, it comes in steps, > lessons, trials and tribulations, pain, and joy. > > It's great to find a teacher, a guru, to hang with, and learn from. > Especially if one has the good fortune to meet an enlightened one. > Being around someone who is enlightened is contagious, as they are > vibrating the vibration of one who is beyond the ego- very rare. > It's called Darshan in India, and to be in the darshan of a high > being, is an honor and a blessing. > > But eventually, if you are to become enlightened yourself, > You have to take the final leap, yourself. > And if you have a good guru, he or she will push you, when you are > ready. >
