--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- snip -- > > > Nicely put. Any concept of "enlightened behavior" is > > more a reflection of a cultural/psychological boundary > > of the individual than some assessment of > > enlightenment. By the way, I just realized, the term > > "enlightened behavior" is an oxymoron. There is no > > such thing as enlightened behavior. There's just > > behavior, period. > > In the BG MMY says at least two things that might be of guidance. The > first is that an enlightened individual (another oxymoron..?) always > acts to promote evolution. The second is that of the three gunas, > enlightened people act under the influence of sattva. > > Given the press conference of lately I would venture a guess that one > is always true but that two is a matter of choice - and then perhaps > what the times require to promote the smoothest evolution possible for > the cosmically assigned area of responsibility (the World, in MMY's case). > > History has previously recorded enlightened people acting in manners > that in effect made their physical bodies the focal point for > collective bad karma. The Ultimate Sacrifice, I believe it's called > when people who are not Self-realized passes through this particular > experience. > > What is it called for someone who is enlightened, when a ripple > aware of it's status as the Ocean levels out and in the process > performs a yagya that resounds for millenia to come?
I'm not sure what the Sanskrit term is, but in English I think that the word you're searching for is 'megalomania.' ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
