Enlightenment, or awakening, is the next obvious step in a human being's development. We are awakened to the reality that boundaries are secondary to unity. Similar to the awareness of a localized self, developed around age two or three, and as natural a progression as that from crawling, to walking.
So, once we begin to naturally outgrow all that our small self, our localized self, can offer, we instinctively gravitate towards spiritual liberation. --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > I just don't understand people i guess. > > > > BTW, all you folk who feel a need to seek out the awakened... > > > > When was the last time you got checked? > > I was having similar thoughts earlier today, on the train > back to Paris. Buck cites some "new gun in town" as some- > one who is supposedly awakened. And why? Because he *says* > he is, probably. > > If you look at it rationally, that is the *only* evidence > we have that an "awakened" state actually exists -- people > interpreting their subjective experience in terms of some > past or present dogma about enlightenment or awakening > and saying, "Yep, I'm there." > > Yet many people find these *claims* both inspiring, and > believable. Go figure. > > Personally, I think that the reason people think this > way is to Justify Their Investment In A Lifetime Spent > Believing In Woo. To me, it's the *same* phenomenon we > see in Nabby hoping beyond hope that crop circles are > the result of Woo, or that a supposedly spinning statue > is an example of Woo. Any Woo Will Do. > > It's as if they feel that if they can find even *one* > example of Woo -- no matter how anecdotal it may be, no > matter how based on hearsay and subjective claims it > may be -- that one example of Woo will justify all the > time, money, and energy they spent pursuing Woo. > > TM "checking" isn't going to do anything to get rid of > such longings, and such hopes. Neither, it seems, is > the presentation of rational thought, or the scientific > method. The desire for Woo is all-consuming, whatever > form of Woo it is that the seeker seeks. > > If they can find even *one* person they can convince > themselves is awakened or enlightened, then (they think) > awakening or enlightenment EXIST, and their lives spent > believing that they exist were not a waste. If they can > find even one example of what they consider real magic > or Woo, then magic and Woo EXIST, and again their lives > were not wasted pursuing it. > > That's the only rationale I can think of for why so > many New Agey people (in which category I definitely > class most TMers) think, and act. If you have other > explanations, present them. >
