--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > damn difference. > > Actually, it seems to me the "you're already > enlightened" model is the one that's a lie. > If you're still lacking the realization, you're > not enlightened. > > This model is designed to make people feel stupid > if they're still lacking the realization, as if > there were something wrong with them for not > having it--e.g., "what should have been obvious," > "IGNORANT of what's been right in his face since > the day he was born." > > It's the very worst kind of elitism, playing with > words to exalt oneself and denigrate others.
Agreed. The "you're already enlightened" model fires up one thing only: the ego. The model fits perfectly for the lazy lovers of vino here on FFL. ;-)
