Regarding your comments below - I would think that your perspective would be that everyone is actually blazing Brahman already, and just have to realize it. In that case, what special status would you give to those who are <<enlightened people who have actually been essentially or completely unware of their own enlightenment>> ? In other words, what is the difference between the majority of people on earth, ie. those who haven't yet realized their enlightenment, and those that you have worked with who are "already enlightened but don't know it"?
--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [SNIP] > Very good points. I have also been fortunate to work with some > wonderfully enlightened people who have actually been essentially or > completely unware of their own enlightenment, by virtue of that > slight misunderstanding of the nature of (the remains of) ignorance: > i.e., petty suffering we resist or ignore doesn't really go away; it > just remains in ignorance, becoming heavier and darker the more we > ignore it. Paradoxically the more we ignore it, the more it binds > our attention until we find ourselves immersed in and fully > identified with suffering. Separating ourselves from the suffering > just enough to gain an unshakable foothold (often easiest to do by > locating it in the body, and/or remembering who we "really are"), > and then approaching it with an embrace of unconditional love, > allowing it to feel, breathe, etc., lightens it quickly up into its > true nature of radiant bliss. To my eye anyhow, these people are the > most amazingly blazing Suns of Brahman who were more or less > completely overlooking their own light and love and powerful > attention fields by empowering ignorance and the darkness of > suffering and not-love, all merely unrecognized and unloved portions > of themSelves! > > :-) > ------------------------ 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/
