You've asked two different questions here, apparently without realizing it (this entire post you've called your "second" question, the first being the previous post about Brahman Consciousness).
In this post, your first question is about rejecting enlightenment altogether, the second about rejecting teacher status once you've become enlightened. The first question is actually far more interesting than the second, at least if you take out the silly part about the "silver platter." The Boddhisatva Vow comes immediately to mind, but then there are also people like Curtis, whose stance is well described in your question. I think it would be a valid choice. You'd probably get another crack at it in your next life, by which time you'd be ready for it. --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > The second: What would you think of a seeker who had > enlightenment presented to him on a platter and who > then rejected it, preferring to accept and try to > groove with whatever state of consciousness life > presented to him? > > What I'm thinkin' is that the "career path" presented > to the Serious Spiritual Seeker is pretty fuckin' lame > and limited. Just sayin'. :-) I mean, the path laid out > for you as a young, aspiring spiritual aspirant ("Aspiring spiritual aspirant"?) is that > you will keep doin' what you've been told to do and one > day you'll get all enlightened and all. At that point, > you will do what all the other enlightened beings we > celebrate in history have done, and become a Teacher. > Other people will flock to you as students and accept > everything you say as The Truth just because you say it. > You will be a walking god. You will have spiritual > groupie status out the wazoo. So this is why you got on the Serious Spiritual Seeker kick, because this is the career path that was being presented to you? (By Rama, I assume.) Or was this just what you imagined would happen when you became enlightened? > What if someone got all enlightened and all, and decided > to do something else? > > Would that be a Good Thing in your opinion, or a Bad Thing? I agree with Xeno here. Most folks who get enlightened probably just keep doing whatever they enjoy doing, never having been so egotistical as to think they'd become a "walking god," or even wanting to.
