--- 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, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > May I suggest, that while you brought up the phrase in your > > > > > > post, that the phrase can also transcend your own > particular > > > > > > situation. And in a more universal application of the > phrase, > > > > > > (as I intended it, though perhaps not clearly expressed) it > > is > > > > > > funny to me. No interpretation involved. Its an authentic > > > > > > reaction to the phrase. > > > > > > > > > > OK. I think you're suggesting that it's something of > > > > > an infinite regress, that one can be overshadowed by > > > > > the desire not to be overshadowed. > > > > > > > > No, thats not quite the angle that struck me as so funny. The > > > > deliciousness of the phrase is more a "mu" experience, a > la "whats > > > > wrong with this picture." > > > > > > What's wrong with the picture of somebody not > > > wanting to be overshadowed? You've got me > > > curious--can you articulate it? > > > > I'd love to hear akasha's answer, but mine > > would be, "It's a marvelous way of clinging > > to the notion of unenlightenment. To want > > to not be overshadowed, you have to believe > > you are. And the funny thing is, the moment > > you drop that belief, you aren't. > > Yeah, that answer would be bull.
And yours would be more clinging. You don't want to be enlightened. You want to understand enlightenment. Not gonna happen. :-) > Especially from somebody who admits he isn't > enlightened. But I lie. Don't you remember? :-) ------------------------ 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/
