--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am interested to know what does it mean to be liberated? > > > > > > > > > Every action we take is designed to influence our future. > > > > > > > > When I was younger, my consciousness discriminated between > > spacetime > > > > and Enlightenment, between boundaries and Boundlessness. Like > > > > looking out the window of an airplane while landing on a cloudy > > > > night, seeing patches of clear air where the lights on the > > ground > > > > were clearly visible, interspersed with impenetrable cloud. > > > > > > > > My awareness had a dual nature; that of Mastered awareness and > > > > cloudy awareness. I then focused on piercing the clouds in my > > > > awareness, transmuting them into awareness itself, making the > > > > subconscious, conscious. Everything was fair game. Just by > > > > meditation, and then facing that which came to light during the > > > > practice. > > > > > > > > The inevitable effect of this activity, discriminating between > > > > Enlightenment and spacetime, was that once the clounds of > > spacetime > > > > were Absolutely eliminated, spacetime and Enlightenment joined > > > > together, in a quiet Unity; no more duality. > > > > > > > > As a result, I have found that I can now influence the future, > > > > simply by aligning my attention with this perfect blend of > > > > Enlightenment, lived in time and space. When my attention is > > > > centered on Now, time assumes its Infinite dimension, as does > > space, > > > > making available from one instance to the next, infinite > > > > possiblities. > > > > > > > > This is what it means to be liberated. > > > > > > > > > And the upside is what? > > > > > > > > Being successful in every endeavor undertaken, from the smallest, > > like cooking a delicious dinner, to larger desires, like having > > wonderful relationships with others, harmonious family life, success > > in my career, good health. Come on, it is an infinite list! > > > So being successful is your view of being liberated.
No- you asked me what the upside was. I am answering your question in so far as it can be answered. > > > > > The point being, think of all of your desires and what it would be > > like to fulfill all of them. > > What if I have no desires? Then you are dead or non-existent. > > > That is the upside, though your desires > > do change pre and post liberation. The reality too is that desires > > per se don't mean as much on the one hand, because life is lived > > much more in moment to moment fulfillment vs the old way of mostly > > feeling dissatisfied. > > > > To go into much detail here is meaningless > > from me to you. > > Sorry if I am so dense. I am what I am. You appear to misunderstand. I am not implying you are dense, only unique. > > You will experience it in you own, completely unique > > way. > > "Will" seems to be a word that seekers use a lot. > Yeah they do. ------------------------ 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/
