--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snippity snip> > > Do you see the difference between "You're trying to > > avoid becoming enlightened" and "I perceive that the > > way you're going about this is getting in the way of > > your enlightenment"? > > Yes, the first phrasing is about you, and spoken directly to you, > so that you are then given the choice to deal with the issue at > hand, or not. > > The second phrasing is about me, and what my perceptions of you > are, therefore bringing into question the validity of my > perceptions. As I said earlier, while this may be a fascinating > topic for you, it avoids the issue at hand; the removal of > obstacles to enlightenment. > > So the difference to me is clear. You persist in making these > semantic distinctions, which are irrelevant to the topic at hand.
So if an enlightened person tells me, "You're trying to avoid become enlightened," I am to assume that's the Way It Is? I see. > Do I believe > that your motive of becoming enlightened is genuine? As Maharishi > says, the prrof is in the pudding. I'm really kind of astonished at how *prickly* this topic seems to make many of you, as if it were bringing up something you didn't really want to look at yourselves. What that could be, I have no idea. 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/
