Interesting definition of E. below incorporating orgies; but somehow doesn't match the definitions (and more important - the Presence) emanating from Ramana Maharshi. Must be talking about different things.. There's room for both, of course. http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > Is this the same divine vodka you've been selling at the Fremont farmers > market along with your special ravioli? > > On 08/09/2011 03:13 PM, Ravi Yogi wrote: > > > > Here's a concise definition of Enlightenment from Dr. Ravi Yogi's classic - > > Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Enlightenment, Rebel House Publishing, > > Chapter 9, Page 108 - > > > > "Enlightenment is the divine hard-on caused by the partaking of the stolen > > divine vodka from the hidden wine cellar of the Guru and the inability to > > shake off this divine hard-on despite repeated orgies with the Beloved." > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb<no_reply@> wrote: > >> What is your personal definition of "enlightenment?" Where did it come > >> from? I would suggest that these two questions are inexorably linked, > >> and some thought can be productively given to that link. > >> > >> In another spiritual tradition, albeit a short-lived one, the definition > >> of enlightenment given to students was "The ability to manifest golden > >> light, and be funny." Not coincidentally, the teacher who proposed this > >> definition was capable of producing the reality of or the subjective > >> impression of golden light, and was pretty damned funny. To this day > >> many of his students consider these two qualities to be THE definition > >> of enlightenment. Some of them throw into the mix, "Does he drive a > >> Mercedes?," but the two biggies are golden light and funny. > >> > >> This has always struck me as being similar to Barry Bonds declaring that > >> enlightenment is defined by the ability to hit 762 home runs during > >> one's career as a major league baseball player. Bzzzzzt. > >> > >> Maharishi was a big one for definitions. He proposed many such > >> definitions of enlightenment. Were they true, or were they him parroting > >> what he'd been told by his own teachers? I personally don't think we'll > >> ever know, but it has not escaped my attention that many people believe > >> that his definitions of enlightenment were 100 percent accurate, because > >> -- of course -- he was enlightened, and thus knew fersure. Some former > >> Rama students feel the same way. > >> > >> I am less than convinced, which makes me somewhat of a heretic with > >> regard to their teachings. Both of them. I have no earthly idea what > >> "enlightenment" is fersure, and I certainly don't take either of their > >> definitions as to what it is as gospel, or as truth. > >> > >> These days I don't even CARE very much about the buzzword > >> "enlightenment," or about assigning it to anyone. It's just a buzzword, > >> a pseudo-definition of something I am not convinced can ever be defined. > >> Does that make me a Bad Person? > >> > > >
