--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > On 02/06/2013 06:26 AM, navashok wrote: > > Recently a friend alerted me that an Advaita teacher he knows, Cesar > > Teruel, 'renounced' his enlightenment, making a 'Confession' at his > > facebook page https://www.facebook.com/teruelcesar He is on Batgap too > > http://batgap.com/cesar-teruel/ > > > > The confession is only recent. To me it seems that the guy has strong > > enlightenment experiences, and actually uncovers deeper layers of > > conditioning. It has nothing to do with forcefully de-enlightening oneself. > > To me this guy seems to be very honest and straightforward, so his > > 'confession' is rather a plus than a minus.. > > > > > > Often people who "renounce" their enlightenment weren't enlightened to > begin with.
This is what he says. > One should never claim enlightenment but it is perfectly > okay to say one is experiencing some enlightenment. It is an ongrowing > experience. This seems to be what is happening. > And of course obsessing over enlightenment is an impediment > to developing it. >
