--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > I consider myself fortunate to have worked with Fred
> > > > Lenz (Rama), despite many negatives, because when you
> > > > were around him the energy field was so strong that
> > > > it was almost impossible to hold onto *anything* long
> > > > enough to believe it was "truth." You'd go out into
> > > > the desert with the dude and have your belief systems
> > > > (and your notions of what 'reality' is) blown right
> > > > out of their socks dozens of times a night. So what's
> > > > to hold onto?
> > >
> > > The belief that Lenz had some supernormal ability to
> > > blow away your belief systems and notions of what
> > > "reality" is?
> > >
> > Ha-Ha! Yeah, good one! The thing that is impossible to
understand
> > except through direct experience is the truth of life, which
occurs
> > when reality has been blown away so many times through whatever
> > practice that we finally live permanently outside of the realm
of
> > Maya.
> >
> > There seems to be three states here. one is the state where life
is
> > lived in the dream of illusion, of unquestioning, ruled by ego
and
> > the ego dream. two is the state that barry talks about and
enjoys,
> > where the ego dream is challenged and sometimes destroyed. It is
an
> > exciting stage, as we begin to see that life is more than we
> > thought, and again and again more than we thought. three is when
the
> > ego dream has been completely dissolved and the reality that was
> > lived unquestioningly in the first state, and challenged in the
> > second state is completely absent. Knowledge emerges in this
third
> > state that is fresh and new, constantly. It is no longer owned
by
> > us, or forming any sort of structure that must be defended.
There is
> > no longer anyone to defend it. Life in the other states is seen
as
> > the illusions that they are, and life in this state can only be
> > understood by those living it. Life becomes a constant surprise,
> > watching ever fascinated as we are flown from here to there to
> > everywhere, watching out through the window of Creation.
> >
> > Jai Guru Dev
>
> Dude, that was sweet.
>
Dude, what was 'sweet' about it?
