Seraph, I used to think that there are infallible signs of enlightenment. Now I think there aren't any! Especially when considering the inner state of another. I just go by resonance, meaning, I listen to the teachers whose words resonate with my own experience.
On Sunday, January 19, 2014 9:18 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com" <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote: Is it not possible that *the* infallible sign of being enlightened is that you don't seek followers or power? I'm sure there have been many individuals over the centuries who have had that awakening experience and at that same moment realised that their insight would be completely misunderstood by the masses. It's striking that Guru Dev had to be tricked into taking up his position as Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math. It reminds me of Plato's thinking in The Republic. His philosophers (wisdom-lovers) would have to be persuaded against their wishes to become leaders of the community by appealing to their sense of duty. True philosophers would want to spend their time in contemplation.
