An ocean of burning bliss lies just below the surface of existence and spills into the cells of the brain and body.
When you die, it engulfs you. You cannot escape it. There is nothing outside of it. This is not enlightenment. This is the real experience. OffWorld --- In [email protected], "claudiouk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Feeling rather disillusioned right now about enlightenment. Firstly > on a personal level - a dead loss. Secondly as regards MMY even if he > is enlightened there are just too many things that appear "wrong" > about it to me - his mismanagement of followers and Movement > resources & opportunities, his total lack of any aesthetic sense > (witness the ridiculous music and lyrics he's promoting on the > Maharishi Channel, which would immediately put off any curious > onlooker!); the catalogue of tales of woe outlined in Fairfield Life, > including insensitive & irresponsible dealings with distressed > meditators and sexual misconduct from MMY downwards in the hierarchy, > some of which MUST be true; Mohammed's legacy of holy war and suicide > bombers and the appalling mistreatment of women and other innocent > victims at the hands of Islam - a complete turn off. Christianity and > its obsessive tunnel vision about sexual morality and its pathetic > history of unenlightened action - another religion down the drain; > Buddhism seems noble enough but Buddha never found a God and can only > point the way; moreover the premise that action and reaction on a > moral level requires other lifetimes to work itself through (in order > to reflect how cause and effect are evidenced in the physical world) > does not seem a logical necessity, especially in the absence of a > moral God or evidence of morality in Nature as a whole. It is thus > possible to agree with Buddha that life is suffering but to disagree > with his solution, to eliminate it via Nirvana after lifetimes of > purification. Finally the exchanges typical in Fairfield life lead me > to conclude that many people have had more fortunate experiences than > myself with TM, that such experiences may even be interpreted by the > individuals concerned as hallmarks of enlightenment, but in the end > what do they really signify? There is an admission that enlightenment > doesn't actually morally improve the individual - we see such > individuals behaving childishly enough in FF Life. They are no great > inspirational figures - no Gandhi or Mandela equivalents here. > Neither of those in any case were more than great HUMANISTIC icons. > What about the saints? I recently read a biography of St. Francis and > was thoroughly disappointed by his limited Christian vision - tried > to join the Crusades to convert the infidel Islamists. A Bin Laden > equivalent of the Middle Ages, perhaps, although he seemed at least > to have some truly mystical revelations. Anyway what I'm trying to > say is that everyone thinks THEIR guru or scripture or religious > prophet or saviour is so special - but from an objective perspective > they are NOT truly enlightened and neither are their biggoted > followers. If everything is relative there is still some scope in > following a personal vision, following one's inner Light, for the > enhancement of personal and social life, and it may still be true > that some visions might be better than others, but unfortunately none > so far has really stood out as really outstanding in a really > thorough sense, from my perspective. Not sure how this will be > received by FF Life - but makes little difference in any case!! >
