--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.:-)
It's a little like accusing somebody of refusing even to *think* they might be dreaming rather than awake. When you're awake, it's self-evident you aren't dreaming. (Not "self-evident" meaning "obvious," but rather evident in terms of itself.)
