--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/67893 > "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The story of Lucifer is not one of some evil angel, but > > rather, of the intellect. The intellect is the thing which > > rivals God and was thrown out of heaven. The intellect is > > the thing which is beautiful almost like God but just not > > quite. The intellect tasted of the tree of knowledge and > > got lost in endless perdition. > > > > So also, those institutions which are based in the intellect > > and not in direct cognition of the divine become the very > > definition of dualism which is the root of the intellect. > [snip] > > That whole post resonates very deeply with me. And, it really gets to > the root of my problem with spiritual transmission in the form of > English language, which necessarily has to pass by the intellect. My > intellect demands to understand it. However, awakening isn't the > intellect's realm. Awakening is realized on the level of > consciousness. It's ineffable. To speak or read of awakening is to > eff the ineffable because non-dual reality can never be rendered in > wholeness in dualistic form. > > When listening to spiritual discourse in English, I have to > diligently allow the intellect to only touch and release the words > flowing by, not allowing it to do the pitbull routine on concepts. I > have to treat it as if I were listening to pandits chanting in > Sanskrit. Honestly, I couldn't give a recap of anything said during > the weekend satsang intensive with Krishna Gauci, but I know I got a > lot out of it because I would have physical shudders of recognition. > > Alex
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