--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > I consider myself fortunate to have worked with Fred > > > Lenz (Rama), despite many negatives, because when you > > > were around him the energy field was so strong that > > > it was almost impossible to hold onto *anything* long > > > enough to believe it was "truth." You'd go out into > > > the desert with the dude and have your belief systems > > > (and your notions of what 'reality' is) blown right > > > out of their socks dozens of times a night. So what's > > > to hold onto? > > > > The belief that Lenz had some supernormal ability to > > blow away your belief systems and notions of what > > "reality" is? > > > Ha-Ha! Yeah, good one! The thing that is impossible to understand > except through direct experience is the truth of life, which occurs > when reality has been blown away so many times through whatever > practice that we finally live permanently outside of the realm of > Maya. > > There seems to be three states here. one is the state where life is > lived in the dream of illusion, of unquestioning, ruled by ego and > the ego dream. two is the state that barry talks about and enjoys, > where the ego dream is challenged and sometimes destroyed. It is an > exciting stage, as we begin to see that life is more than we > thought, and again and again more than we thought. three is when the > ego dream has been completely dissolved and the reality that was > lived unquestioningly in the first state, and challenged in the > second state is completely absent. Knowledge emerges in this third > state that is fresh and new, constantly. It is no longer owned by > us, or forming any sort of structure that must be defended. There is > no longer anyone to defend it. Life in the other states is seen as > the illusions that they are, and life in this state can only be > understood by those living it. Life becomes a constant surprise, > watching ever fascinated as we are flown from here to there to > everywhere, watching out through the window of Creation. > > Jai Guru Dev
Dude, that was sweet.
