Aren't we all! Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone
On Nov 3, 2010, at 16:17, Anthony Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bill Smart himself is also an illusion. Don't atttach any spiritual > significant. > > Anthony > > --- On Wed, 3/11/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [Zen] Questions, questions, question > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 3 November, 2010, 12:34 PM > > Ed, > > My comments are embedded below: > > [Ed] Questions, as usual, to ask oneself concening 'experience', with a view > to clarify its meaning: > Can the following be classified as kosher/halal experiences? > o A pentecostal Christian who has had a born-again experience? > [Bill!] My opinion is that being born-again in the Christian context is not > an experience, it is an illusion. > > o Tony Blair's sister-in-law who recently reported a transcendental > experience in Qum, Iran - and converted to Islam? > [Bill!] Again, this is not an experience, this is an illusion. > > o A Jewish woman whom I encountered in a group some years ago, who had a > mystical experience of Allah and converted to Islam? > [Bill!] An illusion. > > [Bill!] Viewing a sunset is an experience. Feeling warm rain fall on your > face is an experience. Hearing birds sing is an experience. Tasting a > peach is an experience. Smelling a dead dog rotting on the highway is an > experience. The placing of any significance other than Just THIS! on the > viewing, feeling, hearing, tasting or smelling of any of these things is > creating illusions - and this certainly includes believing that any of these > have a spiritual significance. > > ...Bill! > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5586 (20101102) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > >
