--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Wnat I *do* want badly enough to spend the > > > > > > time day after day doing program is to no > > > > > > longer be overshadowed. > > > > > > > > > > You aren't really. Its just a trick of the mind that you > > > > > believe > > > > > the duality- that there is something external to you. Its a > > > > > common > > > > > trick of the mind by the way; everyone falls for it at some > > > > > point ;) > > > > > > > > I know you mean it in the nicest possible way, > > > > but Jim, I get REALLY REALLY tired of hearing > > > > that kind of formulation. It isn't helpful or > > > > inspiring. It's my working assumption on an > > > > intellectual basis, but it doesn't undo the > > > > trick. If it did, I'd have become un-overshadowed > > > > many years ago. > > > > > > See? Attachment. > > > > so say we all... > > Actually, not all. The "there is a path to enlightenment" / > "there is something wrong with you that must be corrected > if you're not experiencing enlightenment" paradigm is *very* > popular, but far from the only approach. > > These days I resonate more with the Ramana Maharshi > approach. It's more real, and in my opinion more effective > at producing realization. If someone in a satsang given > in that tradition tried to claim that they'd really like to be > enlightened but just "can't" because... they'd be cut off > after "because" and reminded that they already ARE > enlightened. After a while even the most attached person > gets the point. > > It's a little like people who are unwilling to give up a long- > time grudge or neurosis. They don't want to give it up > because they get *mileage* out of it. "Oh woe is me...I'm > not enlightened because..." It's a way of getting attention > and prolonging the non-realization of enlightenment. If > everyone around you stops rewarding you for whining > about not being enlightened, maybe you'd drop the whining > and just realize that you're already enlightened. > > That's the theory of this approach, anyway. I've seen it work > wonders. And it was certainly more pleasant to be around > than the traditional "you're not enlightened because there > is something wrong with you" approach. >
Actually, I was referring to the "attachment" thing. We ALL are attached, or so it seems. 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/
