--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Was in a rush before; want to add a couple things: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > *Without a doubt*, these people's enlightenment was > > self-evident to them. There was no question in their > > minds that it existed. But did it? > > I have no idea. Do you?
Not a clue. > > I'm just sayin' that there is a big "red flag" > > raised for me when someone believes one of their > > "stories" so completely > > And Jim was just sayin' that the nature of > enlightenment is such that it falls outside the > category of "stories," something of which you're > apparently not aware. And I *understand* that some people believe this. I do not. Neither do spiritual traditions such as the Tibetan one Vaj mentioned. I am a strong believer in enlightenment, and I believe that the experience of it should be under exactly the same scrutiny and subject to the same analysis as any other experience, if not more. It isn't "exempt."
