Kristopher, You keep making excuses for Bill!'s delusions!
Disagreement is not "a form of suffering" unless you are attached to it... Edgar On Sep 5, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Kristopher Grey wrote: > > 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! >>> > > >
