judy writes: snipped And if he didn't, was it because the state of enlightenment makes everything seem easy and simple *when it really isn't*? Is it possible that the "easy and simple" sense applies on some level other than the practical one of achieving a goal, but that the person who is enlightened may incorrectly think it applies to achieving the goal?
TomT: The easy and simple sense applies only to the awake one. What ever comes or goes is in the relative. What ever they attempt is easy and simple as it just flows. How it unfolds is not revelant. One is only in control of ones action never the fruit. One is never a failure since one attempted to do what the next obvious thing to do seemed apparent. Once the thought appears in the awareness the awake one has the entire range of the act in the relative world available in their awareness at the exact instance of the thought. That is why it appears that an awake one has no desires. The full appreceation of the thought includes the fulfilment of the completion. In other words full knowledge of the act in the relative and the full appreciation of the outcome. Kind of neat actually. Desires are now seen as appreciation. No conflict, no unfulfilled desires, no problem. See the thought, do what is obvious, move on to the next obvious thing to do. TOm T ------------------------ 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/
