--- 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. > 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. > > Not realizing one's enlightenment is a choice, not a > matter of a "clogged" or "impure" nervous system. > > IMO, of course. Your mileage may vary. >
"Whether pure or impure." - It's right up front and in the open as the first statement in the puja... JohnY