--- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The way that can be spoken is not the Constant > Way. > Enlightenment > > > isn't something you can describe, so why try? > > > > It's fun! > > > > ------I can describe it but you won't understand > or like my > description. > > I try to stay out of discussions about "what is > enlightenment," > attempts to *define* it in words. That, to me, is a > classic > waste of time. > > What is not necessarily a waste of time to me is the > attempt > to do some kind of justice to one's personal, > subjective > experience of certain steps along the path of > realizing > enlightenment. Those can be interesting for the > person doing > it, because trying to express the inexpressible can > be a means > of clarifying one's own personal experience. The > descriptions > might also resonate with someone who has had a > similar exper- > ience, and who might not have described it in those > terms. > > An example that springs to mind was the attempt by > Marek and > Dr. Pete and others to clarify an aspect of the > first onset > of enlightenment, and whether it (enlightenment) can > be said > to "appear." > > That struck me as interesting, because it wasn't > really an > attempt to define enlightenment per se, merely one's > percep- > tion of an enlightenment experience, in contrast to > a > "normal" perception before enlightenment "appeared" > (or, as > was the topic of conversation, before the illusion > that it > had not always been present disappeared). > > Unc The best discussions of enlightenment help clarity one's own experience. And it is a lot of fun. But many of these discussions of enlightenment experiences term into conceptual debates with people spouting-off concepts and beliefs that are far removed from their experiencing. It becomes quite useless then. > > > > > > > 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] > > > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.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/
