--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] > > > > Interesting story. > > > > > > Absolutely. On one level, Just Another Story. > > > > > > However, there are really *two* stories above. > > > If one keeps telling oneself the first story, > > > over and over and over, one is telling oneself > > > that one is NOT enlightened, that there is > > > something that is PREVENTING enlightenment, > > > and that one is basically a VICTIM of this > > > "something" that is preventing enlightenment. > > > > > > If one prefers the second story, it may be > > > Just Another Story, but doesn't it seem like > > > a possibly more productive story? > > > > > > It's all a matter of predilection and prefer- > > > ence, in my opinion. Some people cling to > > > the stories that reinforce that they're not > > > enlightened and that this isn't under their > > > control. Others prefer the stories that say > > > that they already are enlightened and that > > > realizing this is very much under their > > > control. Whatever floats yer boat. :-) > > > > And yet, both are stilljust stories. You're implying, for what its > > worth, that on the level ofenlightenment, one story is better than > > another... > > No, that is how you're *hearing* it, when I was > pretty explicit that I believe the contrary, that > it's a matter of predilection and preference.
Thereby contradicting: > > If one prefers the second story, it may be > > Just Another Story, but doesn't it seem like > > a possibly more productive story? > > For some, one story may be better than another. > Whatever floats yer boat. For me, right now, I > prefer the always-already-enlightened-and-there- > ain't-nothing-the-relative-can-do-about-it story. > Your mileage may vary. ------------------------ 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/
