Nope, just passing on what a lot of gurus say.
On 02/06/2013 11:46 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:
> "One should never claim enlightenment but it is perfectly
> okay to say one is experiencing some enlightenment."
>
> Huh?! Who the fuck made you King? You are proclaiming what a person can, and
> cannot say, about enlightenment?? You are a reasonable person and movie buff,
> but, "We don't neeeed no steen-keeng Badges!" :-)
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote:
>> On 02/06/2013 06:26 AM, navashok wrote:
>>> Recently a friend alerted me that an Advaita teacher he knows, Cesar
>>> Teruel, 'renounced' his enlightenment, making a 'Confession' at his
>>> facebook page https://www.facebook.com/teruelcesar He is on Batgap too
>>> http://batgap.com/cesar-teruel/
>>>
>>> The confession is only recent. To me it seems that the guy has strong
>>> enlightenment experiences, and actually uncovers deeper layers of
>>> conditioning. It has nothing to do with forcefully de-enlightening oneself.
>>> To me this guy seems to be very honest and straightforward, so his
>>> 'confession' is rather a plus than a minus..
>>>
>>>
>> Often people who "renounce" their enlightenment weren't enlightened to
>> begin with. One should never claim enlightenment but it is perfectly
>> okay to say one is experiencing some enlightenment. It is an ongrowing
>> experience. And of course obsessing over enlightenment is an impediment
>> to developing it.
>>
>
