In the story of creation, God tells Adam and Eve they may eat freely from the Tree of Life and enjoy Paradise forever... and then tells them not to eat from...
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dan330033
Jun 25, 2009 3:20 am
... yes. namaste, jeff....
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 24, 2009 6:43 pm
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dan330033
Jun 24, 2009 6:22 pm
The sense of aloneness is deep, and can be difficult to tolerate. Because awareness has no other, no second, it tends to bring up the sense of aloneness....
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dan330033
Jun 24, 2009 5:00 pm
Hi Sandeep - Thanks for your post. Good points. For similar reasons, in my opinion, the following statements were attributed to Jesus: "Observe the lilies of...
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M.V.T. DHANANJEYAN
dhanmvt1
Jun 24, 2009 4:04 am
... Dear aspriant Very very good question after a long time this question is asked. My experience and answer authentically is the apirant authenticity is the...
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sean tremblay
bethjams9
Jun 24, 2009 2:28 am
from where i'm standing I wouldnt even try! ... From: Jeff Belyea <jeff@...> Subject: [Meditation Society of America] Placebo for Enlightenment? To:...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 23, 2009 1:49 pm
Could the placebo effect produce an authentically enlightened true guru? What is more important, the authenticity of the guru or the authenticity of the...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 23, 2009 12:49 pm
There's a line from Curly, of The Three Stooges, that at first sounds just funny and silly: "I'm thinking, but nothing's happening." At second glance, this is ...
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Sandeep
sandeep1960
Jun 22, 2009 4:01 pm
*"You imposed limits to your true nature of infinite being, then, you get displeased to be only a limited creature, then you begin spiritual practices to...
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Sandeep
sandeep1960
Jun 22, 2009 3:49 pm
/* I**t is only through silent awareness that our physical and mental nature can change. This change is completely spontaneous. Making an effort to change, we...
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Sandeep
sandeep1960
Jun 22, 2009 3:45 pm
/*Hi Jeff, Greetings */ ... /*You have gathered the words Jeff but have no clue. The term "revelation" is another fancy word for an experience. Knowing in...
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Jun 22, 2009 2:45 pm
... If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills, If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people...
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dan330033
Jun 21, 2009 10:08 pm
Because there is no other involved to seek validation from. Nor is there any other that has ever been encountered. The words and ideas generated in response to...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 21, 2009 9:14 pm
Why would a fella even care? If enlightened, the question would never come to mind. "Enlightened are enlightened about their delusions." --Dogen If...
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sean tremblay
bethjams9
Jun 21, 2009 4:00 pm
that last post may have been incomplete every time I log in people need to chat!? ... From: schatzman <pearboy@...> Subject: [Meditation Society of...
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sean tremblay
bethjams9
Jun 21, 2009 4:00 pm
just a question? How does a fella know if he is enlightened and not in a self deluded? ... From: schatzman <pearboy@...> Subject: [Meditation Society of...
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schatzman
Jun 20, 2009 5:50 pm
keep it comin', dude. tks....
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medit8ionsociety
medit8ionsoc...
Jun 20, 2009 4:06 pm
Convert Everything into Selfless Acts "A slogan I have is: `no appointment, no disappointment.' That doesn't mean that you should not make any appointments,...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 20, 2009 10:41 am
At the risk of appearing a post hog, a couple of points in response to Sandeep and Dan - (No supporting cast of quotes) About contrast as the way to know: It's...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 19, 2009 9:55 am
From the moment of our birth, we are showered with love. That never stops. We just forget the Source of Love. Recalling the Source of Love is like a rebirth. ...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 19, 2009 1:35 am
So, once having been fully-satisfied with the mystic nourishment served at The Enlightened Eatery, just bask in the joy of the eternal bliss that has become ...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 19, 2009 1:01 am
Ever notice how often we hear that an epiphany came to someone in the shower? Solutions to problems, forgotten names, and breakthrough creative concepts are...
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Jeff Belyea
mindgoal
Jun 18, 2009 10:41 pm
You may or may not have noticed that there is a cruise control switch on the instrument panel of your consciousness. We once used it all the time, when we...
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dan330033
Jun 18, 2009 4:57 pm
Sandeep - Indeed. Any localization of experience is maya, is illusory. And this illusion results from the no-thing that has no qualities, but that therefore is...
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sandeep chatterjee
sandeep1960
Jun 18, 2009 4:40 pm
Jeff, In "unbounded, unlimited happiness", in the absence of the contrast, there is actually nothing as happiness. And hence no experience of this ...
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dan330033
Jun 18, 2009 4:08 pm
http://www.intuition.org/txt/shinzen.htm MISHLOVE: One of the terms that has often stuck in my mind -- I think it comes from the Zen tradition -- with regard...
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dan330033
Jun 18, 2009 3:59 pm
From a Zen talk posted at: http://community.zen-sangha.org/?tag=bokusan When you reach this point of "no stink of enlightenment" where there is no trace, you...
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dan330033
Jun 18, 2009 3:50 pm
"Sometimes he appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, sometimes feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent....
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dan330033
Jun 18, 2009 3:31 pm
The Buddha explained nirvana as "the unconditioned" , "unborn," awareness that is perfectly lucid due to the cessation of the production of volitional...
