--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > No one I've ever heard of in human history has > realized enlightenment without trusting in the > validity of their own experience.
And of the multi-trillion souls in human history, how many have you heard of? > I suspect that > no one ever will. No amount of "scientific > evidence" will ever replace that trust. Fine. But I have seen people who trust in their experiences who are delusional. Trusting in experience is not, by itself, a sign of "enlightenement". > > I'm just naturally skeptical of my own experiences and > > everyone else's, including MMY's and Gurudev's and > > Buddha's and Jesus's and so on. > > There we differ. I am skeptical of everyone else's > experiences (in the sense that I do not accept them > as either true or false, just what the person said > that they experienced). However, I am not skeptical > of my own personal subjective experiences. They are > about the *only* thing I trust. Your mileage may vary. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
