The thing about enlightenment is that it grows from the inside out. A person can be experiencing total, completely restful, surging bliss within, but until that is fully integrated with the outer world, including thoughts and emotions, things can look very different from the outside, looking in.
Then integration starts to happen, and the contrast between the overwhelming blissful freedom within, and the day to day existence lessens and merges, so that an appreciation and richness now infuses the outer world, and the inner radiance exists to serve, enjoy and appreciate that, rather than being lost in the inner cosmic paradise all of the time. Or, so I've heard... --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@...> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> > wrote: > > > I don't like it either, Curtis. I don't generally engage in such rank > personal attacks. I agree it stinks up the place. Maybe if I were > enlightened, I wouldn't have a hint of conscience about it. I would > simply disown responsibility for my actions and claim, as Ravi does, > "the existence made me do it." By the way, nice to see you back. > > Bah! Yet another example of CC. >
