--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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,
I assume you man me. Or perhaps Barry. Perhaps both of us scoundrels. > 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. Wow, thats quite a pre-judgement that you have going there. i guess its not polite to suggest doing some work on that, but holy deep filters. Do you seriously believe I think like that? or Barry does? Where does that beleif come from, do you suppose? It is interesting to see how your mind works. > 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.:-) You must be very proud of yourself.
