--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use the term "dharma" to refer to a way of being > > within the context of a particular state of > > consciousness. Waking state is a particular way of > > being that entails personal responsibility among > many > > other things. CC is a particular way of being that > is > > quite different in many ways from waking state. To > > take an understanding of action from waking state > and > > then to try to comprehend an understanding of > action > > in CC will just create massive confusion. Of > course > > people do this all the time as a rationalization > for > > wrong action in waking state. They'll say such > > nonsense as, "I didn't do it, the three gunas > did." > > And this is different from, "I didn't do it, > enlight- > enment/eternity/natural law did," as spoken by > someone > claiming enlightenment exactly how? :-) > > Unc If somebody claims enlightenment and then justifies or defends his behavior by claiming that it is the three gunas doing it ,is, in my book, quite entrenched in ignorance. It is the justification or defense that makes the difference here. Someone who is truly enlightened can not defend their behavior nor claim ownership of it. Its like the weather. It just happens. But this understanding can not be used from the perspective of waking state because it is not what is even remotely experienced . > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
