TorquiseB writes snipped: I *am* in total control of the things I do to facilitate my realization of enlightenment. But I am not silly enough to believe that's all there is to it -- "Do X and Y will appear." There are other factors that are not in my control, and they coexist quite peacefully with those that are. There is no conflict in holding both approaches in the mind simultaneously.
Tom T: It is uncommonly called the Paradox of Brahman. Or the on the other hand stuff from Jaimini like that like that.
