--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Thought I would offer this for purposes of discussion. These are my own beliefs at this time: > > From the teachings or musings if you will of people like Eckhart > Tolle and Anita Moorjani, Adyashanti one has to believe that the whole thing > about enlightenment and the whole schtick that goes with it is complete made up > bullshit. > > Some meditation teachers like to teach that enlightenment is > something that is achievable in this lifetime, but in truth it is already here, > covered over by egoic perception. Maharishi was particularly prone to > promulgate this idea that enlightenment was something to precious and rare that > needed to be pursued, to be chased, and he and teachers like him do that to be > able to get more people to buy their nosturms. > > But evidently what we have called âenlightenmentâ is our > natural state must by virtue of being, just by being. You donât have to go > anywhere or do anything to become this âstateâ of awareness or being, but just > be. It must mean that meditation and seeking will never lead to the experience of > enlightenment, and when most people talk about their enlightenment they are > referring to a fluctuating experience of consciousness. > > This to me also means that the old Hindu stuff about having > to spend countless lifetimes as plants, bugs, animals and so forth until you âmeritâ > a human body is also complete made up bullshit. Why would the Infinite > Magnificence, the Unlimited Love that we are choose to do that? I canât think > of a reason. > > Any thoughts folks? > Every teacher of enlightenment I have ever heard has always said the same thing which is the hi-lighted part above.
Is this some new concept for you? Maybe move away a little from all your fault finding, and and to pick out more of the gems.
