Uncle Tantra wrote: > My definitions of enlightenment center around > the relationship one has with other sentient > beings. > So, that's your definition of 'enlightenment', that there is a 'relationship' between 'sentient' beings.
But what is the definition of 'sentience'? "Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively." Sentience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience So, you just introduced a 'circle jerk', an infinite regress. You defined 'enlightenment' as a 'sentient relationship' by saying that sentience is a relationship? In fact, a relationship indicates a dualism between at least two objects - there must be two things - one that is related and the other that is related to. You can't seem to get over your predilection for dualism. The last time you tried this silly dualism trick you got your ass kicked by Kater and a Penitent Leper! Read more: Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental; alt.religion.gnostic From: penitent leper Date: Thurs, Oct 16 2003 Subject: Re: Emperor's New Clothes http://tinyurl.com/6eodlm Enlightenment. Insight. Redemption. Why ask, when you can read the Gnostic scriptures yourself?
