--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "matrixmonitor" > <matrixmonitor@> wrote: > > > > ---Yes, Tolle, Ramana, and Papaji are examples of individuals who > > awakened more or less spontaneously without the need of prior > > practices. In a statistical curve, such persons are in the > > 99.99999....% percentile. The rest of us laggards need > > good "techniques" like TM. > > Thanks, Matrix. > ... > I completely understand what you said above. There > are days when I believe it myself. But today, for > some reason, what I'm wondering is whether the *only* > difference between these individuals and you and I > is that they got over the belief that they *needed* > something to realize what had always already been > present. > > What if that's IT, The Thing that Makes All The > Difference? > >>>> > What if we're "laggards" only because we believe > we are? I mean, dude, we're *all* composed of the > same infinity as Tolle, Ramana, and Papaji, right? > >>>.
THAT'S WHAT MOOJI SAYS WWW.MOOJI.ORG > .... > But what if the only difference between those who > spontaneously realize their always-already-present > enlightenment and those who do not is this feeling > of *needing* something to make it happen? Wouldn't > it be a real trip if the ultimate technique for > realizing enlightenment turned out to be the reali- > zation that there is no need for a technique? > >>> PERHAPS WE NEED IT UNTILL WE DON'T. DOESN'T HURT TO EXPERIMENT ROBERT ADAMS SAYS, JUST ADD A LITTLE INQUIRY TO WHATEVER YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. INQUIRY IS WHAT ADVAITA TEACHES, NOT AFFIRMATIONS OF BELIEF. om shant