Good question— Are you not interested? Seriously, there are many seekers on the path, like the poster who asked me if I think I am or am not enlightened, who want to believe that we can achieve an enlightened state permanently, theoretically, maybe, possibly, almost, according to these factors, but excluding these factors, and only if they like me, and only if I like them, belonging to this sect, but not belonging to that one, and manifesting these behaviors, but excluding those behaviors, having these beliefs, and excluding those beliefs, etc.
No problem—I ran the same stories at one time, though they were probably more like feelings than discrete lists. So perhaps I talk about it to let people know the living truth of it, that anyone can find themselves in such a state of Being, and what it is like when it happens to an ordinary person. Hopefully something of what I am saying is helpful to someone "out there". The other piece of it is, I just enjoy talking about it, as would most of us, having achieved a goal we've spent decades on.:-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "qntmpkt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---Thanks, true, but why are you talking about it? > > > > In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > You're enlightened, and you refuse to even *think* > > > that you might not be. Did I get that right, Jim? > > > > > You are missing what I and many others have already said again and > > again here. Enlightenment is not experienced on the level of > thinking. > > It is a state of Being. This is not my original expression-- All of > > the gurus and spiritual teachers say this also. Given your > background, > > I am surprised that you don't know this yet. Your level of ignorance > > astounds me.:-) > > >
