--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- 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 . >
The first time MMY said "Damn Democracy," I recall him as sounding quite startled. He then said that the transcendent was speaking through him or somesuch. 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/
