--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In > > > > > > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Judy writes: > > > > > > And on the other hand, he's telling them that > > > > > > they cannot trust their experience that they are > > > > > > not enlightened and ought instead to accept the > > > > > > authorities' assertion that they are already > > > > > > enlightened. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom T writes: > > > > > > The idea you are not enlightened is not an experience it is > > an > > > > idea. > > > > > > > > > > <snore> > > > > > > > > > > > The experience of awakening is very real, very visceral. It > is > > > > > > profoundly based in the physiology. > > > > > > > > > > So is the experience of ignorance. > > > > > > > > > > > The idea of not being enlightened > > > > > > is a story. Tell me where and how that idea "I am not > awake" > > > > > > is known in the gut of the physiology. Tom > > > > > > > > > > That's exactly where it *is* known, of course. > > > > > > > > I repeat last week's statement: "Stress is an excuse." > > > > > > Did you think you were responding to a post that was > > > talking about stress? > > > > Insomuch as "stress" refers to anything that prevents one from > being > > enlightened spontaneously once their body reaches full maturity, > just > > about ALL the enlightened-oriented discussions in this forum have > > some reference to "stress." > > This wasn't about what prevents one from being > enlightened but rather what "ignorance" feels > like in the body.
I would think that that still involves a peripheral discussion of "stress" using MMY's definition. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/