--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > Turq's description seems closer to an intellectual argument > > presented to those practicing more of a mindfulness technique while > > remaining in the waking state, so the challenge is constantly to the > > waking state ego, stated in terms of the waking state ego. Without > > the unwinding that continual transcending brings about, this > > technique seems most useful if practiced in direct proximity to an > > enlightened Master. Otherwise, there is no opportunity for the > > required purification to take place in order to experience > > Realization. > > No "purification" is required to experience realization.
Right. The experience of Realization can be had by anyone, any time. But in order to sustain Realization, purification must occur. I think it was Muktananda who said instant enlightenment is just that; it lasts for an instant. > Realization is present at every moment and has always > been present at every moment of one's life. There was > no moment in which one was ever *not* realized. It is the functioning of the nervous system that prevents the relaization of Realization though. aka maya. > > Not realizing one's enlightenment is a choice, not a > matter of a "clogged" or "impure" nervous system. Rather than words like clogged and impure which can imply judgment, my experience is that the self gets twisted and must become untwisted or unwound. I agree that the desire for Realization is a choice, however it is the purification of one's self resulting from this mature, sustained desire that grows eventually into sustained Realization. Although I think of it and experience it as a purification of the nervous system, it is a purification so profound on the one hand, and subtle on the other, that I doubt my subjective experience would conform to a scientifically sanctioned definition of the nervous system. > > IMO, of course. Your mileage may vary. >
