--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter Sutphen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- marekreavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > snip > > > > > > > > Yes, the "one" who began with the objective to > > find > > > > who or what > > > > that "one" was is extinquished in the process. > > That > > > > one(self)is not > > > > found because it was never present. Never > > present > > > > because it was > > > > predicated on a misapprehension of the > > situation. > > > > The "feeling" of > > > > a self is the misapprehension, the mistake of > > > > intellect, the false > > > > identity of pure awareness with limitations. > > The > > > > "feeling" is there > > > > only because pure awareness "IS", not because > > the > > > > ego is. > > > > > > > > Enlightenment/Awakening doesn't appear; > > ignorance > > > > dissappears. > > > > > > Good stuff! That feeling of "I" is pure awareness > > > projected into mind. Like Deep Throat said, > > "follow > > > the money." But in this case it is "follow the > > 'I'. > > > Self inquiry will disolve that "I" into pure > > > awareness. > > > > > > How is it that once the "I" is dissolved into pure > > awareness, quite > > often after some time the "I" reemerges? > > > > If the self disappears then what is it that falls > > back into the > > illusion? Or, put another way, what makes pure > > awareness become not > > so pure? > > > > Rick Carlstrom > > I don't have a clue. This is a good question for a > guru such as MMY or SSRS.
Perhaps it's because the self never really disappeared, rather, there was a vision of distinction between self and pure awareness. Small self still exists as body and memory and that is what pulls pure awareness back into "I". Could there be a difference between enlightenment and liberation? Rick Carlstrom 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/