Comfortably stuck in cause and effect, you ignore the sledgehammer!
It appears to me that Bill! is not denying food is required to maintain
a body, that forms appear to maintain forms (no independent origination)
- he is denying this assumption of "have to" - this neediness that goes
with it. You don't need to live, and ultimately won't (impermanence).
When hungry, eat if you are able. When this is perceived as need (AKA -
lack), suffering will arise over your ability to do so, over thoughts of
death. Your needs, your sense of lack, your suffering.
Disagreement itself, a form of suffering. Misunderstanding, a form of
recognition. Same.
KG
On 9/5/2012 10:14 AM, Edgar Owen wrote:
O, for God's sakes Bill!!!!!
You are certifiable! I've never heard such metaphysical New Age
nonsense and certainly never expected it to come from your lips.....
Enlightened people don't need to eat! Sheesh!
Edgar
On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Bill! wrote:
Edgar (no longer and Merle),
After enlightenment you do not have to eat. You realize food is not
essential. You may choose to eat, but you don't have to.
Illusions do vanish upon realization of Buddha Nature. You may choose
to bring them back or they may reappear without your choice. But
after realizing Buddha Nature you know that all dualistic thought is
fundamentally illusion (not real).
...Bill!
