Two words: prove it.
If you cannot, then I don't see how this is anything other than yet another elitist claim. And it's the *same* claim, whether it's you saying it or Maharishi, and can be accurately synopsized as "Enlightenment is better, and you have to take my word on it, because...uh...I am enlightened, and you HAVE to take the word of enlightened people about such things, because they are...uh...better." :-) A thinking person would be tempted to look at what you write here and say, "Now wait just a minute...this person is claiming to be enlightened, and defining that as being so 'established in silence' that everything in his life 'works to fulfill his desires.' If that is so, then why does he feel the need to put down someone who doesn't care to become what he claims to be, and suggest that they are 'moronic' and have 'lost their way?' Which of your desires is not being fulfilled by this other person's decision? It's almost as if you are saying, 'Everyone HAS to look up to me and want to be like me...anything less is a waste of life.' That sounds like more like narcissistic psychosis to me than it does 'enlightenment.'" ________________________________ From: "fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] The benefit of enlightenment Aside from the moronic statements made on here, that enlightenment is no different or better, than any other state of consciousness, I thought I would address the practical benefit of enlightenment. Basically being established in silence, means a greater synchrony with life, with all that exists. The silence within, though it may initially feel personal, is not. It is the silence that pervades everything. Hence, if we have that established Being within ourselves, life is ours - no need to pine or become bitter about unfulfilled expectations or desires. All is for the taking, after silence is established. The whole of life works to fulfill our desires, once this state is reached. This is the benefit - This is the benefit, that dawns, once silence is established. Before that, there is a fundamental disconnect, between the individual desires, and the desires of life, itself. Afterwards, the bounty we receive is overwhelming. Those who assert that enlightenment is no better or worse than anything else, have lost their way, and receive neither the benefits of enlightenment, nor of their own, desperate, state. It is a sad thing that some have become so despondent in their quest for enlightenment, that they give up, declaring it all a charade. There is no work so fulfilling, as to prepare ourselves for our liberation, and then to live it.
