--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- 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. > > > > > > > A bunch of neurons firing? > > > Can you answer your own question? >
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