--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- feste37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I can't see that "waking state candy ass" is a > > description of anything, > > Sure it is. Look at how Ramana and Nisgardatta and > many other masters treat people that approach them > whinning for a coherent, waking state explanation of > Self. They just smash their " waking state candy ass" > approach to facilitate the direct experience of Self > rather than talking about it endlessly. They're doing > them a wonderful favor.
I agree with you completely. I think feste's just hung up on the word 'ass' because of your spelling. Where I'm from, the term is spelled 'candyass,' all as one word, and has nothing to do with 'ass' or 'asses,' merely with being a wuss. What I think we're poking fun at is the folks who seem to believe that the universe owes them a description of enlightenment that makes sense to them from the state of ignorance. In my experience, the goal of such people seems to be to convince themselves that they "understand" enlightenment. Also in my experience, they prefer to believe that they "understand" it rather than to experience it, because to do that would require that they drop the self. It's the self, after all, that seeks to "understand." To me, all of this connotes a pretty wussy approach to realization, so I still think that "waking state candyass" pretty much nails it. :-) > > let alone > > a "perfect" description. It's just a vulgarism. > > "Ass" is a word that Americans > > seem obsessed by, and I can only wonder why. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I really like "waking state candy ass." > > > > > > > > It's a perfect description of those who are so > > > > attached to the self, to the waking state, and > > > > to ignorance that they want realization to make > > > > sense to them while they *remain* in that state. > > > > > > > > > > We've got a few of them here. But they're > > missing > > > > a great business opportunity. They should open > > > > the Waking State Candy Ass Cafe, where people > > sit > > > > around and drink decaf and talk endlessly about > > > > states of consciousness they'll never experience > > > > > > because they never leave the cafe and never > > drink > > > > the real stuff. :-) > > > > > > > > > Ah, so another disctinction to differentiate > > yourself into > > > "specialness". Good Show. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ------------------------ 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/
