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> on 5/23/06 9:33 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I don't think my "ability to know" fluctuates at all to
> > any significant degree day to day. Of course I don't mean this in any
> > spiritual way, it is just that I have lost all interest in monitoring
> > whatever quality I used to care about when I used to think of
> > "awareness" as something that changed or could be developed.
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> I think there is a spiritual implication to this, because the clarity of
> awareness does fluctuate. Experiences which can come, can also go. But
> understanding is much more stable, and ultimately, understanding is what
> gets you enlightened (keeping in mind that there's no "you" which "gets"
> enlightened, blah, blah). That's because it ultimately enables one to grasp
> (again terms are inadequate) that which is and was always there, and which
> is rock-solid in its stability. That's why advaita and neo-advaita teachers
> are so effective for so many people. Some think they offer a cop-out ("you
> don't have to do anything; you're already enlightened") and maybe for some
> that's what they do. In fact, I hear of people who bought into that line for
> a while, and are now realizing there's still work to do, and are returning
> to some form of sadhana. But for those who have already done decades of
> sadhana, the subtle understanding these teachers may enliven can be
> profoundly transformational. Maybe that's not what you were getting at, but
> that's what came to mind when I read (and reread) your post.
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MMY refers to the mahasutra (?) that is required for someone to hear to actually attain
Unity. Perhaps this is where advaita's "you are already enlightened" becomes relevant.
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