--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > 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." > > > > But it's the truth. > > "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. He went > out of his way to point out that everything he > was saying was in a context, and from a particular > point of view. Shift context and change points of > view and, he said, it would no longer be true."
Are you trying to suggest that my four words were not written in a context? Within that context, they're perfectly true. In other contexts, not so much. Are there any other quotes of mine that you need help understanding? :-)
