--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@> wrote: > > > > "The bondage to a spiritual path, while necessary, is > > one of the deepest attachments there is. That is why > > all sadhanas must eventually destroy themselves in > > Realization. God help the person who spends decades on > > a spiritual path with no liberation because what you > > get are mood-making fanatics who are more invested in > > the conceptual dogma of Realization than actual > > Realization. They confound the concept with the > > experience." > > --Mushi Mu, Third Zen Patriarch (from his classic > > "What is My True Dog Nature, Bantam Book, 1987) > > Being conceptually Realized is like... > conceptually getting paid.
I was going to say essentially the same thing, changing only one letter in the last word. :-) In other words, it has the same relationship to realization that looking at porn has to sex. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/