--- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], > "jim_flanegin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > So, although I think the candy ass thing is a > great job aid > > > personally, almost sutra like in its ability to > turn the mind > away > > > from the illusion of waking state, everyone > begins the journey > > > by 'understanding' enlightenment. In other > words, building a > > > conceptual model of that which they are striving > for. We all > > > did it. > > > > True. Although I wonder from time to time whether > it > > would have been easier to accept realization when > it > > occurred if we had not been imprinted with so many > > > false conceptual models for it, models that had to > > be dropped to make way for the reality of it. > <snip> > From my standpoint I don't think so- when it [the > concepts and > stories] crumbled, it crumbled quickly and > completely. Even such a > huge edifice as I had built was reduced to nothing > in a day. > > There is such an overwhelming sense of both 'ah, now > it is right' > and the resulting freedom within our heads and > hearts that no matter > what has been there before is effortlessly let go > of. There is > simply no question, no comparison, no doubt. Getting run-over by the BUS renders previous mental concepts of THAT quite irrelevent quite quickly. Ha! > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
