--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[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. :-)
(It would seem you haven't seen my response to this, BTW, the one that suggested you'd completely missed the point of what I wrote.) > > > 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." > > > > which we all know is easy to do by reading what is essentially an > > anonymous service. > > Anonymity has nothing to do with it. We're all basically > anonymous in real life, too, just calling ourselves the things > that others called us as we were growing up. > > For me, the thing that makes this board more interesting > than most others is that here I encounter people who, when > they discuss the myriad experiences that encompass what > we call enlightenment, I can actually *feel* the enlightenment > "coming through" in the posts. I cannot tell you *how*, I cannot > provide any explanation for why that might be, but it is. Having > "been there, done that" myself, however briefly, it's like some- > thing in me still recognizes that infinity when I encounter it, > even in posts on the Internet. Go figure. > > You can choose to scoff and disbelieve this if you want, but > I'm trying to reply to a sceptical, put-down question with an > honest answer. The question was, "Why would an Awakened One bother reading/posting on this forum?" You've given us reasons why *you* bother reading/posting on this forum. But unless you're claiming to be an Awakened One, that doesn't answer the question that was asked, honestly or otherwise. The question was skeptical, but it's kind of interesting that you take it as a putdown rather than as an invitation to discussion. 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/
