--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > And two, it is a healthy thing to do in speaking about it > [enlightenment] as if it is just another experience. Because it > is...just...another...experience. > > And yet so many disagree that it is an experience (if that implies an > experiencer) and so many disagree that it is not special.
I am trying hard to stay away from the 'specialness' of it, because I think that causes a lot of confusion in a seeker's mind about what it is, and the (im)possiblity of attainment. It certainly did for me. > So many distinct views of enlightenemnt, it makes on pause for a > moment to wonder if maybe some are speaking of different things. Yes, the enlightened speak about enlightenment. The almost enlightened imagine enlightenment, colored by their almost enlightenment. > Its such a joy that in this age of enlightenment everyone seems free > and joyous to define enlightenment any way they think is "neat" and > then claim it. Sort of like drawing circles, a target, around an arrow > you already shot. On the broadside of the barn. While the fat lady > sings. Its such a joy. Does sarcasm really assist this discussion? > Cake anyone? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
