correct, it all is an illusion. you cannot believe the words of others,
you must experience it yourself, and it cannot be objectively measured.
those that are trying to attain it, will never achieve it. you have to
let go of all illusion, sense of oneself, to experience enlightening,
and you have to BELIEVE to follow your path, to live to the utmost of
Being. Here! Now!
>...enlightenment that so many strive to achieve and which cannot be
objectively measured. After
> all, when a Roshi says that he is enlightened, all we have is his
word on
> it, and the word of his peers. Can you measure or otherwise prove
> enlightenment? Is enlightenment itself not an Illusion (Maya)?
>
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