ED, Please find the most representative definitions of sex ritual. I limit you to 3 of them. It is best if they shed light on the relationship with lust and spiritualism. I am curious why Tantrism attaches so much significance to that. Anthony
--- On Thu, 4/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 4 November, 2010, 11:16 PM Definitions of illusion on the Web: an erroneous mental representation something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" delusion: the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas magic trick: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. While illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion Bill, Thanks for clarification of the sense in which persons who are enlightened (are in a state of satori) experience reality (or non-reality) - namely, as 'Maya' (illusory). However to the more than 99.9999% of humans who do not experience satori, 'Maya' is very, very real. Therefore, I submit to the Zen Forum the proposition that how the very, very few experience reality (or non-reality) is not relevant to the world. --ED --- In [email protected], <billsm...@...> wrote: > > Mayka, > > What I meant to say was that if you are living in a world of illusions (maya) > compassion is a badge of honor and something you need to cultivate and > practice. > > If you are not living in a world of illusions there is no compassion, no > honor, nothing to cultivate and nothing to practice. There is Just THIS! > > ...Bill!
