--- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <jeffcandace@> > > wrote: > > > > > > When one has *awakened* where do they go when they drop > > > the body? > > > > More seriously, it kinda depends on who you believe. > > Maharishi always went with the "drop returning to the > > ocean" theory, meaning that when one has realized > > enlightenment (and he often specified 'CC' as the type > > of enlightenment he was talking about) and then kicks the > > bucket, there is no more reincarnation. The relative body > > drops away and only the absolute remains, never taking > > relative form again. > > This one never attracted me. Don't want to be a drip.
:-) I can identify. I kinda like the relative. > > 1. One can decide to try for non-reincarnation and perform > > after-death techniques to merge with light and not return > > in a body. Suffice it to say that unless one has practiced > > these techniques for many years *before* kicking the bucket > > this rarely works. > > > > 2. One can decide *to* reincarnate (for example as part of > > a desire to teach), and using other after-death techniques, > > have a great deal of say as to when, where, and in what form > > one reincarnates. > > # 2 is more for me. Desire to serve and help rather than teach. I can certainly identify with that. I was thinking more of the 'Bodhisattva vow,' which strikes me as a form of tantrum yoga in which one declares that one will avoid full enlightenment until everyone has realized enlightenment. Nice idea, but your idea of just being of help seems cleaner. > > 3. One can decide not to decide. One just kicks the bucket > > and sees what happens. > > # 3 is the one I have the most experience with :-) Me, too. Given my temperament, I suspect I'll have a lot more experience with it before I become a drip. :-) > > Of the three, I'm most attracted to Door Number Three. It > > seems to have the least amount of attachment or aversion > > going for it. Let's face it...Door Number One is a theory > > based primarily on aversion for the relative and for > > incarnate life, and Door Number Two seems based on ego and > > an attachment to trying to bring others to enlightenment. > > Only Door Number Three seems to be about accepting whatever > > happens. Even if it's Disneyland. :-)
