--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > The only difference between enlightened action and unenlightened > > action is that the enlightened one acting knows what he/she is > > doing; can feel the gunas in transition along every moment of > > action, becuase the intention for action evaporates as the action is > > carried out. > > FWIW, not according to the Gita in MMY's translation > and commentary--at least, the enlightened one doesn't > know *why* s/he is doing whatever s/he is doing from > Nature's perspective ("Unfathomable is the course of > action"). > > As I understand it, the enlightened one may think > the reason for the action is entirely different from > what Nature actually has in mind. Or rather, the > enlightened one's reason for doing the action is what > Nature "wants" him/her to think the reason is. Are > not thoughts also just the gunas acting on the gunas, > governed by Nature along with everything else?
I can see what I said being open to your interpretation. What I meant was more of a literal point to point awareness of activity, rather than truly "understanding" the all reaching effects of the action. Unfathomable *is* the course of action, or put another way, any activity can hardly be separated from any other activity. Everything is so interlinked, right? So what I meant was just that the enlightened person has clarity around the action. ...sure took me a lot of words to say that... > Or are thoughts said to have some special status in > this regard? > > (On the other hand, it's also said that enlightened > people don't *have* to think very much about what > they do.) > Yes, exactly the point I was trying to make. The enlightened person sees what they are doing in all of its utter simplicity. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
