--- In [email protected], "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
Of course, is it always obvious, even to the awake one, what the next thing to do is? MMY, when he first made the statement "Damn Democracy," sounded taken aback at his own words. ------------------------ 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/
