---People tend to misuderstand what being "Awakened" means, as they are looking at it from the ego's perspective. The ego seeks to be "high and mighty". The awakened Self, has no need for high and mighty; rather the opposite is true; the more awakened one becomes, the more humility goes along with that, in that, one becomes aware of the creative force behind everything, while at the same time becomes more innocently viewing the creation, as a child would, with more wonder and awe, than the need to be high and mighty. Also, one has great compassion, and is motivated by it. Since one is no longer concerned with the incessant ranting of the egoic mind, one sees the condition of other beings on earth, and seeks to help, teach, cook, clean, do whatever is needed to help. Not for any glory, but just to enjoy the ever present reality of feeling "God's" divine energy flowing through you and being a channel of that energy. Typically, at first, one tries to stabilize the state of awareness, of enlightenment, as was the case with Eckhart Tolle, where he just sort of 'hung out' for years; but then when you are estblished, you just naturally want to serve out of compassion. And, it's not that you even have control over feeling compassion or not; it just seems to flow naturally from you, when you feel fulfilled from within, and you are witnessing and aware of all of the subtle vibrations around you, your intellect serves to instead of serving the ego, in plotting and planning, the intellect instead chooses the path of least action, spontaneously to 'go with the flow', and do whatever needs to be done at the time. Maharishi likes to use the example of Trotikacharya, one of the Masters, mentioned in the Holy Tradition; who, was a servant to Shakara, and just felt honored to clean up, while other more 'learned' people visited with the Yogi, and he, Trotikacharya, was first to become realized, as it has nothing to do with position, or status, things the ego regards as important; rather, it has to do with the intension and desire to become Realized. Look at the life of Swami Bramananda Saraswati, and you will see a shining example of one who had an awesome desire to become Realized; the same holds true for Mahesh Yogi.
In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 8/8/05 9:40 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > >>> --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> <snip> > > >>>> IOW, why would an Awakened ONe bother reading/posting on this > > >>> forum? > > >>> > > >>> It's fun? > > >> > > >> Just seems awfully *attached* somehow. > > > > > > Then again, you seem to be of the opinion that the > > > Awakened should only tell you what you want to > > > hear, so I'm not convinced you have sufficient > > > unattachment to render an impartial judgment > > > on the situation. :-) > > > > > > The best answer has already been given -- "Because > > > it's fun." > > > > > > The next best answer might be "To learn more about > > > the infinite mysteries of creation by learning more > > > about the almost infinite number of ways that humans > > > *can* become awakened." > > > > The question "why would they post" seems to imply that the poster > > believes awakened people are so high and mighty that they would > > never do something so mundane as participate in a chat group. > > You know, if you're not sure what a poster means, > you could always *ask* instead of guessing. 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/
