---Also: One of the Jewish names or concept of God is "The Compassionate One"; so, when one becomes Realized, one becomes the compassionate one...
In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---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/
