--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > > Your *intellects* or > > > self (very small s) are happy and peaceful with > > > your current "understanding" of enlightenment, > > > but that's because you've found a way to enable > > > the self to perpetuate...uh...itself. > > > > Not necessarily. Intellectual activity is what > > perpetuates the self. This is the opposite. > > Sure it is. That's why you've had so many > strong personal experiences of enlightenment > while pursuing this path for over thirty years.
As I just pointed out in another post, you don't have the foggiest idea what I'm talking about. <snip> > You seem to prefer reading the travel books and > speculating about the exotic places they describe > to actually visiting these places yourself. Yeah, this is more like closing the eyes and finding oneself soaring through the landscape. It isn't what you imagine. It isn't anything you *could* imagine.
