The very same thing is what jumped out for me. As I see it, from the perspective of "Waking Down Brand Second Birth Awakening", having awoken to my ocean nature makes being a wave/drop a WHOLE lot more fun and easier to deal with. Like Adyashanti describes it, it's a very peaceful, quiet freedom. For me, it's such a huge relief that I can't comprehend someone thinking it's not good enough.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> wrote: > > > > the Daniel suicide deal was going to cycle back to some more > > common sense thinking, it seems to be taking off in the other > > direction. This tribute by Radhika Schwartz (no relation to Dan) > > on BATGAP is so far off base(in my opinion) that I'm just at a > > loss for words. I'm going with Feste's succinct analysis of the > > whole situation. > > I don't remember feste's "succinct analysis," but > mine is, "These people are fuckin' NUTS." See for > yourself: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BuddhaAtTheGasPump/message/4999 > > There is a passage in this that really strikes me, > because as I said at the beginning of this week, > my fascination is with the *assumptions* that > spiritual seekers assume are true, and then base > their lives on and never challenge again. Let's > analyze what the *assumption* is in this passage: > > "Daniel made that same pact [give me liberation or I'll kill > myself] He said over and over , I have done everything in > my power, everything I know how to do to free myself from > suffering, from the bonds that are holding me. from this > sense of separation ,which is unbearable . Nothing matters > to me except freedom. I cant live this way anymore. I am > not just saying this. either give me freedom or I will > end my life." > > What is the "lack of freedom" being spoken of here? > > Am I wrong in thinking it's LIVING? > > If this is true, and not just some story that this twif > thought up, the person saying this or thinking this has > become convinced that LIVING and having an identity is > "suffering." The only thing the person can conceive of > as non-suffering is (IMO, trying to interpret) the > state of total transcendence, with nothing left but > Self. Anything else is "unbearable." > > I'm sorry, but that's crazy talk. It even contradicts > *Maharishi's* teachings, and this twif is trying to > glorify it. This is the ultimate nihilism of "the drop > returns to the ocean" personified. Someone who is being > represented as feeling that he is "suffering" because > some part of him remains human is being presented as > if he was *onto something*. > > Remember, Daniel is being presented by people as having > been somewhat "realized," or having achieved at least > some aspect of enlightenment. And we're to believe that > he perceived *THIS* as "suffering?" And all because he > still had a LIFE, and could walk around and breathe > and interact with the world? > > The fascinating thing for me is that the twif who said > this probably thinks it's inspiring. I'm thinking she's > fuckin' NUTS. >
