This a nice interview. I think he explained the concepts pretty well. Sample these.. "But the point is that there is no elation if they are fulfilled or disappointment if they are not. Everything is taken `as it comes' with equanimity. (Or so I understand!)" "One who is enlightened still has a body-mind and vAsanA-s but also knows that `he' does not act; and any action will not affect his Self-knowledge. Action is only at the level of the body and it is the mind that enjoys the result, albeit that both take place only by virtue of Consciousness. "As explained elsewhere, the extent to which one gains the `fruits of enlightenment' (jIvanmukti) is determined by how mentally prepared one was prior to enlightenment'. " I was disappointed when he did not offer any specific experiences of his and skipped it diplomatically. Sure if you are healthy there's nothing you can say about being healthy, you are it. However there was a time when one was sick and there should a set of experiences that one would remember while transitioning to be healthy.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of yifuxero > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:24 PM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Shit, shinola, mud...hmmm...which is which? > > > > > > Dennis Waite interview, Nonduality Magazine: > > "It is impossible to know whether or not another person is Enlightened. The > best that we can do to assess this is to compare what the person says with > what has been said in the scriptures (or perhaps, for most of us, with how > the scriptures have been interpreted by those whom we believe to have been > Enlightened). But this has to be tempered with the fact that it is possible > for people to learn pat answers without really understanding them". > > Link to this article: > http://www.nondualitymagazine.org/nonduality_magazine.denniswaite.interv\ iew.htm >
