--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ruthsimplicity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <sandiego108@> > wrote: > > > > > > so you only want feel good spirituality? something soothing that > > keeps you in your comfort zone-- wholly understandable and friendly? > > compassionate and empathetic. if you are nodding your head Yes, you > > absolutely have no interest in enlightenment. someone put it so > > perfectly recently when they quoted someone as saying the path to > > enlightenment is the path of constant insults. > > > > > No, I have no expectation of something soothing that keeps me in my > comfort zone. But a path of constant insults?
Well, at least a path of constant insults would be consistent... (You said just before this that it was the *inconsistency* that drove you crazy.) I can't help but > wonder if those who believe that is the path end up with crazy > enlightenment. Post traumatic enlightenment disorder. LOL!! I think you just coined a phrase. > > I still hold open, however, the possibility that some end up > enlightened through a tortuous path. But I think most would end up > with a bit of PTSD or PTED. >