---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <anartaxius@...> wrote :
This is the way it is with spiritual experiences; they come, they go, yes, that is the way it happens at the time they seem as if they are important, not necessarily. see your statement above. and then they are not. As ego dies away, it grabs onto them as a lifeline, puffing them up beyond their real significance. I guess for some this might be the case, but certainly not for all. In fact most of the individuals I know personally, who have (or had) such experiences, were extremely low key about them. Before enlightenment, brush your teeth and go to bed; after enlightenment, brush your teeth and go to bed. Once you find out there is nothing of significance, you no longer have to shoulder the oppression of the world and meddle with the inane intricacies of spiritual systems. Wake, work, brush teeth, sleep, over and over and over. Everything comes to nothing, and through all this diamonds of no significance are strewn along your way. Yes, that is way I think it goes, and way I feel about my own experiences along these lines. But, really, so what, if one is inclined to be more bold about the whole affair. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : This is rather funny. I would say the requirement for the reporting of so called spiritual experiences on FFL, to avoid the routine belittling and lampooning of such experiences, had to meet the following requirements, and post the following disclaimers. I hereby acknowledge and DECLARE that this experience has absolutely NO IMPORTANCE and is akin to brushing my teeth. I hereby acknowledge and DECLARE that this experience could JUST AS LIKELY be the result of RANDOM BRAIN ACTIVITY. I hereby acknowledge and DECLARE that there is an equal possibility that this experiences was a result of mood making as from any true “spiritual” experience or awakening. In fact I must concede that this is likely the case. And, as long as the reporting of such experiences met these requirements, (and others) they were given a pass. If not, let the ridicule begin. Just sayin'
