--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- peterklutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], 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 think you are attributing qualities and abilities to > the enlightened that just aren't there. It's more a > projection of the God archetype than anything else.
That's what I meant by my 'megalomania' quip, just fleshed out. The enlightened just act, in the same way that any other sentient being acts. Their actions have the same effect as those of any other sentient being. But some people, for their own reasons, seem to want the actions of the enlightened to be more powerful, more far-reaching, more "special." The megalomania -- the belief that one is the center of the whirlwind, the cause to the world's effect -- does not always even start with the person on whom it is projected. It starts with those who project it. I suspect Christ is a good example of this. He was probably a pretty cool dude, just doing his thing, teaching those who showed up and had ears to hear. Then he dies, and those who showed up -- in an attempt to make THEMSELVES more important and "special" -- turn him into the saviour of the world. One teacher I knew said everything there is to say about being a spiritual teacher (IMO, of course) in four lines: I am not important. Today I am here And tomorrow I will be gone. I am not important. ------------------------ 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/
