RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Proclaiming ones enlightenment

[Paula Youmans]

Hi Akasha,     First, many here and elsewhere have so many understandings of the term, use of such a label, in contrast to direct descriptors of an experience, has little communicative value IMO. I know lol. I hear that word used so much, and I swear ….I don’t know what it means lol. Second, I don't feel there is an endpoint (for our purposes) to refinement and "expansion" - and to me, "E", connates some endpoint. I don’t think there is a real endpoint either; for MANY reasons. Worse yet, "E" conveys a goal. I know lol. Kind of like when people discuss the path to enlightenment as if there is a point of demarcation where there is not path and then path. I mean,…one “is” the path (at least to my way of thinking). I am not pegging you as having this or that type of experience or understanding of it. I am not offering advice. Just offering a "joke". Laughing is its own reward. A result of holding a paradox in the mind (like "where does space begin?") or the fusion of disparate ideas or concepts. A Gap opener. And that has its own reward and insights. haha, I didn’t think you were calling me out or anything lol. If anything I wondered if I sounded like a brat or something and thought perhaps I should choose my words better. The problem I have is that I kept having these spontaneous awakenings…They were incredible, but far beyond my ability to handle them. So far beyond that I was akin to an infant with a hand gun. It was ruining my life on a very physical level. I finally met a person who taught me how to control it to a degree, so things don’t just sweep me away much anymore (that is a very good thing). Any degree of control is a new development for me and I am very much a beginner at certain practices. I ask questions because all I have is experience and I try to match up the words so that I can try and understand more (and learn more). I’m actually learning Hindi right now…I think that will help me understand a little better.   I mean…right now, sometimes I don’t even know if I am asking the right question J      To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.