---Eckhart Tolle in all of his writings and experiences attempts to describe the enlightened state to the rest of us; he gives many examples of: how to become aware of what he calls "Presence". Become aware of the witness, he tries to give immediate awareness of the "Now Moment". I have found his teachings to be helpful.
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > But if one could for a second remember the qualities of > consciousness when not in meditation and then realize that life simply > cannot exist even when ignorant, outside of those qualities, and also > accept that ignorance is also based upon consciousness, and really > make that connect, then they would see that there is nothing but > consciousness. > > Does this describe the process you went through as > you went through it, or is it back-to-front, as it > were, from the perspective of having made the connect? > > My sense is that it is not easy for one who has > made the connect to recapitulate the process of > having made it, such that someone who hasn't > made it yet can successfully follow the same steps > and make the same connect. > > Just as those still in ignorance can be said to > have "forgotten" their enlightenment, it seems to > me, at least in many cases, that those who have > realized their enlightenment can be said to have > "forgotten" what it was like for them to be in > ignorance. It's the nature of the beast, in both > instances. > > In that regard, it's astonishing that *anybody* > who has realized their enlightenment can teach > those still in ignorance to realize their own > enlightenment. It's the blind (blind to ignorance) > leading the blind (blind to enlightenment). 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/
