--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
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.
>
Etc.:-)
