On 12/09/2011 12:45 PM, richardatrwilliamsdotus wrote: > > Bhairitu: >> It is a conditioning of the nervous system. >> > Enlightenment doesn't have anything to do with the > human nervous system. If it did, we could see it > and measure it and replicate it. > > The enlightened state is a state of mind; a state > where we percieve reality as it really is. > > Enlightenment is a mental state - there is no > change in the physical body. Enlightenment is a > metaphysical state. > > The historical buddha is said to have attained > enlightenment, but he had a bad back until the day > he passed away. > > Enlightenment "...is the state of residing in such > great understanding and depth, that no matter what > life throws your way, you are at peace with it, you > are able to say, That's OK, no problem." > - Zen Buddhist Master Charlotte Joko Beck
Keep digging your hole and eventually you'll reach China. :-D
