--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of sparaig > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:14 PM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Amma on MMY > > > > > > > > Seroiusly though, do you think MMY's behavior was truly excremental, or > > merely > > less-than-perfect? > > > > It covered the whole spectrum, and those two choices aren't adequate. Some > > of it was very saintly and compassionate. > > > > > IOW, human. > > I never fully bought into the concept that an elnlightened person is > never incapable of making mistakes. My interpretation of that concept > was always in terms of one's own spiritual growth: someone who is enlightened > doesn't do things to hinder their own growth. AN extension is that someone > who is growing past CC has a broader perspective about "their own growth," > which leads to them being more likely to do things for the sake of others, as well. > > > Lawson > i find the whole question enormously amusing- of all the jokes the universe plays on us, this is the best one.
it is the universe that compels us to seek enlightenment-- it is a complete set up. so as a result of gaining that state we act in strange undefinable ways, that is precisely what the universe is asking us to do. so the best way to ask about anything associated with enlightenment is ask the universe itself. it will tell you with no hesitation at all.
