Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Desires and Enlightenment

[Llundrub]

Not that I know anything, but one previously used to interpret all their desires as coming from their own ego, but later one sees desires arising themselves from the universal. This is the difference. Previously desires were for limited and localized reasons but later the desires are spontaneous and universal. The desires or their fulfillment might look the same on the outside, but the desire arises with more certainty of being fulfilled.   For instance, I had a job interview yesterday at 11:00 am.  I had meditated and just felt like lying down and napping after.  My sense of time was skewed and I awoke at 10:45 am, and I hadn't gotten ready. Right that second the job called and told me they needed to set the time back an hour.  Sorry.   So then I was bored and I decided to go to Walmart to get some gum.  I bought some candy as well.   While I was still wasting a few minutes I thought, just bring some into the interview and give it to them. A weird thought, but I did it anyway.  So during the interview I put the candy on the table and they gobble it down. I had this thought that for a chef one wants people to eat from so that they salivate even when thinking your name.    Normal people would never give the interviewers candy during their interview. Of course, it's different in Hollywood where giving a piece often equals getting a piece.        ----- Original Message ----- From: claudiouk To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 4:35 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Desires and Enlightenment The Ego, Freud said, is primarily a "bodily" ego. After enlightenment the body is still there and other people's bodies are still not one's own.. in the relative the same rules still apply. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: > > on 6/8/05 11:45 PM, mathatbrahman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > And if the enlightened person says that in order to justify his > behavior, > > then fine. "Nobody" will mind if his body spends some time in jail. > > Nice. :-) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.