--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > I think MMY's definition of mistakes in this context is that > > which > > prevents or slows further growth towards higher states of > > consciousness, not just that which overshadows the Self. > > That works too, just doesn't have anything to do with ethical > or moral 'mistakes'. I mean no'thing' can or does overshadow > the Self, you just don't know that until you know that ;-)
Excellent point. The Self has *never* been overshadowed. There was never any 'progress' to be made 'towards' higher states of consciousness; they were always present, just unrealized. And behavior, both 'before' and 'after,' has always been either perfect or imperfect or both, depending purely on one's belief system. If you believe that the universe acts on its own and sentient beings are mere reflectors of that, it's always perfect. If you believe that the universe has no will and no direction of its own and any sense of 'direction' or will comes from the combined direction and will of its sentient beings, it's all a crapshoot and everything is and always has been and always will be imperfect. I'm perfectly commfortable with the latter philosophy; others prefer to believe in the eternal perfection of it all. But it's all just point of view. ------------------------ 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/
