From: "anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
One of the things mentioned about Buddha's enlightenment is that at that
moment he said that 'all beings were simultaneously enlightened with his
awakening'. The phrase is translated in different ways but they all basically
say the same thing, that with awakening all beings were perceived as
enlightened.
I presume Jim can clarify what this means.
To be honest, I'd rather hear him expostulate on what value posing as a woman
for several months had in helping him realize his enlightenment.
Is this a technique he would suggest to other people interested in becoming
enlightened? And if so, should they cross-dress only when posting on the
Internet, or should they dress in drag when at work, shopping, going to church,
and on other occasions?
I think that many who are interested in enlightenment would also be interested
in why, once he achieved his enlightenment by pretending to be a woman for so
long, he's never admitted to having done it. One would think that an
enlightened being who has come up with such an innovative sadhana as
"Cross-Dressing For Enlightenment" would want to talk it up to all who would
listen.
What serious seeker would *not* want to know, for example, how Jimbo managed to
conceal his occasional dhoti-tents while dressed as a woman. I'm sure they'd
also be fascinated to hear how he made his decisions about which public
restroom to use, how to dress when swimming in public, etc.
It just doesn't feel right that a person who owes his enlightenment to such a
revolutionary technique as pretending to be a member of the opposite sex "clams
up" and refuses to talk about it every time the subject comes up. It's almost
as if by doing this he's saying, "Hey...cross-dressing worked for *me* and was
one of the key techniques that allowed me to become so much better and more
evolved than all of you. But if you think I'm going to share the secrets of my
patented Drag Queen Yoga™ with you for free, fuggedaboudit. You'll have to
shell out the big bucks, just like Catholics do when seeking advice from the
guys in *that* church who wear dresses."
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