Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread Vaj
Good morning Rick: On Jun 18, 2005, at 3:06 AM, Rick wrote: Yes, if only it were that simple. It may have been a delusion of self all along but this delusion believed in over countless lifetimes created an immensely complex mountain of Karmic energy that demands to be unwound. Step one:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread Llundrub
. The stream of consciousness is the ground, it is the path, it is the goal. This is it, That is it. All this is that. En How. - Original Message - From: Vaj To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Defining

[FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning Rick: On Jun 18, 2005, at 3:06 AM, Rick wrote: Yes, if only it were that simple. It may have been a delusion of self all along but this delusion believed in over countless lifetimes created an immensely

[FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread sparaig
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening Good morning Rick: On Jun 18, 2005, at 3:06 AM, Rick wrote: Yes, if only it were that simple. It may have been a delusion of self all along but this delusion

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread Vaj
On Jun 18, 2005, at 7:36 PM, sparaig wrote: Interestingly, even M. states that in order for CC to be possible, one must attain nirvikalpa samadhi--and of course this is what allows the kleshas and the obscurations to dissolve. The sad thing is we were never taught a path to nirvikalpa.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Defining Enlightenment and Awakening

2005-06-18 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jun 18, 2005, at 7:36 PM, sparaig wrote: Interestingly, even M. states that in order for CC to be possible, one must attain nirvikalpa samadhi--and of course this is what allows the kleshas and the obscurations to