TurquoiseB wrote: > Much is said in traditional Eastern spirituality about > realization of the "Self." Capital "S." As opposed to > that awful lower-case "s" word, "self." But if you > analyze what most of the spiritual teachers you revere > actually said, most of them were teaching that self and > Self were exactly the same thing.
For those who have realized the "Self" the "self" can be hard to find. But it is there as it has to be or one would be unable to communicate with the other "selves." IOW, you have to "localize" when dealing with the world. One may go a whole week without realizing they have not focused on the "self" but then one of these occasions arises when they have to. Also an enlightened person may act more like a realist than a bliss ninny. The latter is a show that gurus often put on.
