--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip> >Or is there a direct, > provable and causal link between being 'good' and attaining > enlightenment? > > I don't think there is any connection between the two, at all. Good question! It's all about Harmony, between YOU and God (or the laws of nature). The more you are in harmony with the laws of nature the more quickly Dharma will propell you to God. It's like being in the main current of a river as opposed to being caught up in an eddy. When we meditate we achieve (eventually) complete surrender to the laws of nature which effortlessly sweep us up to Anandam (as MMY puts it). All of nature is flowing naturally to re-union with that from which it came, being good promotes that, as it is in harmony with the laws of nature. Ego and attachment holds us back......
