--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Judy Stein writes: snipped > > Or to put it another way: It's not that I have > > expectations of what enlightenment is like; it's > > that I expect it *not* to be like ignorance. > > > > Tom T comment: > > Why do you want to have any expectation about how it is supposed to > > be. How do you know for sure how it is supposed to be? Maybe it is > not > > at all what your expectations have it made out to be. Think about > that > > or do self inquiry about why that might be important to you. Enjoy > Tom > > > > > I for one have at least one expectation: when enlightened I don't > want to feel shitty. >
The advantage to being enlightened when you feel shitty is that you will know *exactly* what to do to feel less shitty. And the bonus is that you will then in fact be more enlightened! To paraphrase something Rory said awhile ago, pre-enlightenment is all about *seeking*, which translates into action as finding solutions somewhat slowly and painfully. After enlightenment is all about *finding*, which translates into finding solutions quickly, with a minimum of effort. The work still needs to be done. It is just done more easily, with less mental clutter. For the same effort you will acomplish 100 times the work. Because the self-imposed boundaries are no longer there. Less fighting life, less strain, less feeling bad. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/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/
