--- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
>
> Steve,
> Â
> Yes, being happy is part of being enlightened. There must be something else
> in addition to happiness.
> Â
> Anthony
>
> Hi Anthony. Well, this is an interesting question. Of course, it is all
> speculation, and hence very un-zenlike. For what it is worth, here is my
> philosophical opinion. If reality is ultimately one unitary whole, how can
> this One ever become aware of itself? Being all that there is, it cannot
> actually step outside of itself in order to see itself. That is why the
> Zenrin says that "It is like an Eye that sees, but cannot see itself." IMO,
> it has in innate impulse toward awareness of it's own existence. This impulse
> gives rise to the apparent multiplicity of existence. It is like the analogy
> of Indra's Net in The Flower Garland Sutra. Everything exists as a reflection
> of everything else, and through this the One Mind becomes indirectly aware of
> itself. Awakening to this in the context of being a sentient being in an
> apparent world of multiplicity is, imo, what enlightenment is all about.
Why should there be something beyond this? The meaning of life is to drink
deeply of life in every one-thought-moment. Through all this, IT dances, and
both inside and outside are united in that dance. IMO.
As Shakespeare said, "The Play's the thing!"
Steve
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