This is supposed to be a list for people to talk about their experiences while enlightenment is happening. However, I am not talking about my experiences while...
Enlightenment isn't a happening. Someone must be there to know that a happening has happened, who may then describe what the experience of that happening is...
Hi Dan, If that is the case, enlightenment has no real meaning. Either it is not there at all or it is always there. Since both cases are permanent what is the...
... ****** Ok, you run along and party for say, oh, 20-30 years or so, and then can come back and tell us what we're doing here? OK? -- Happy Days, Judi ...
... and ... Hi Judi, But, please stay un-enlightened until I come back so that there will be some Judi left around for me to tell the secret. :-) Happy days to...
... ***** You see folks, if you haven't realized that underneath everything that you're doing is nothing but suffering itself, you're not even on first base. ...
... *** And I also realize that some people just cannot bear it, so for them, their lives are spent *partying* and *indulging* themselves in a myriad of ways,...
... even on ... in a ... let's ... Very true Judi. Buddha and you (what a team!) CALL this suffering. I (poor me) CALL all this partying.... Any difference? ...
... Oh... You know that now! Yes of course. "I am" dreaming. That's all what it is. All these suffering or partying. So we both agree on that at least, that...
... your ... Can't help it Judi. Without a "we" how can I party and you suffer? Having said that let me mention one more thing. Even if Judi digs in a dagger...
Like most people, I've had some trouble with credit in the past. For a long time I haven't been able to find a company that would give me a credit card at all....
... and ... Right -- if you can believe that you can put it off for twenty years, by all means ... party on ... I mean, that's what's going on here on planet...
... will ... Murali -- Can it be a secret that the sky is blue? Who will keep this a secret? :-) Will the sky keep one of its clouds unenlightened, so it can...
... so, ... will ... was ... In other words, self-confrontation is the name of the game. There isn't any other self to be confronted here :-) And no one else...
... so, and ... everything ... on ... Just looking honestly at yourself. Calling it enlightenment is mere packaging, a way to sell religious paraphernalia and...
... ***** :-) By the way, have you sent for your bundt pan yet? :-) James came up with this idea of playing religious "TicTacToe" and we're gonna package 5...
... Order now, while the supplies last! :-) ... then ... Just be careful not to scratch your bundt pan with your crucifix! ... Nah -- you've told all about...
Hi Murali -- ... is ... The hue and cry for enlightenment is the attempt to avoid death. ... If not avoiding death, I have no use for an enlightened sage, and...
... Okay -- so let's look into this partying and suffering, then. There isn't any "we" who can look into it, it's the "me" who makes the "we" ... ... in ... as...