--- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> 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. ;-)
The ego is no less fired up in the person chained to a treadmill to enlightenment.
