[FairfieldLife] Re: Someone didn't want this getting out

2008-11-05 Thread ddeadlus
Ha! Nice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/what.jpg >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

2008-11-03 Thread ddeadlus
Yeah, being in the flow of life is the best. Effortless functioning, total safety, good things. Perhaps the best is the ability to completely fulfill every possible desire. It's hard to tell what's best though, as Enlightenment is just so utilitarian. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enligh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is enlightenment really all it's cracked up to be?

2008-11-03 Thread ddeadlus
Wow, what an awesome topic. My experience is that Enlightenment is internally everything it's cracked up to be while being completely externally normal at the same time. Thus, there is this real sense of no-big-dealness to it. On some level, Awakening (i.e. I am That) is an incredibly ordinary th

[FairfieldLife] Re: criteria for enlightenment

2008-11-03 Thread ddeadlus
Wow, what an awesome topic. My experience is that Enlightenment is internally everything it's cracked up to be while being completely externally normal at the same time. Thus, there is this real sense of no-big-dealness to it. On some level, Awakening (i.e. I am That) is an incredibly ordinary t

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'I Know I AM(~das schift~) I Know I Share'

2008-10-15 Thread ddeadlus
So where does that leave you now? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Story of Maya(Illusion) > Vs. > The Story of Transcendence(Reality) >   > The Chandogya Upanishad relates how Indra, king of the devas, and Virochana, king of the demons, both became s

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'I Know I AM(~das schift~) I Know I Share'

2008-10-15 Thread ddeadlus
So what did you come to find? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Story of Maya(Illusion) > Vs. > The Story of Transcendence(Reality) >   > The Chandogya Upanishad relates how Indra, king of the devas, and Virochana, king of the demons, both became stud

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-16 Thread ddeadlus
g? > This is faulty thinking. A "person" is holographic. That implies > that all of the suffering in the world is embedded in all Holons > (us). To ignore this is to ignore reality. > Basically, the Neo-Advaitins are living in a fantasy world. > But I haven't h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-16 Thread ddeadlus
"-rightthe notion an "I" as a separate entity vanishes, but then within and AS non-duality, "everything" (since relative existence still "exists") goes back to a type of higher octave square one." Certainly, IF relativity exists, then it exists in the same way, as the same story. I spend a g

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment - romanticizations

2008-09-14 Thread ddeadlus
to talk about it without it coming across as incredibly special, and it's really not. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tizza.izza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > Sure that's possible I suppose, but i

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-13 Thread ddeadlus
I have not practiced for many years. I never really liked it, and that went out the window when I got serious about discovering the Truth. I'm sure it works for many, but it wasn't right for me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Please explain this archetypal story structure

2008-09-13 Thread ddeadlus
Wow, what an awesome question. That's really interesting. Here's what I think: Perhaps they both fit under the basic archetype of life stirring up people's lives for growth. In the stranger coming to town archetype, it's either (a) the stranger IS the man on the journey and it's about how it affec

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-13 Thread ddeadlus
y that I could share something you would want to discuss... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > "Here's a heads-up, dude. There is absolutely > > NOTHING you

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-13 Thread ddeadlus
"Here's a heads-up, dude. There is absolutely NOTHING you can possibly say that will convince anyone here that you are enlightened. But you can very easily and very quickly convince a lot of people that you're not enlightened via the way you choose *to* say things." Ahh well, can't have everythin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Moodmaking as Enlightenment

2008-09-13 Thread ddeadlus
Good God, that's so true. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A Public Service Announcement from Vaj and the SEFFTPOSITUUOE > > > http://snipurl.com/3q1zo >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
out?" Who says anything about it being empty? It's full of wonderfulness. And actually you just said something awesome. If you poke the emptiness long enough, it CAN fall out...That actually is what I've been going through lately. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
on all the time, plus a delicious closeness with God. Those things alone make all the pain worth it, but there's SO much more I can't even begin to talk about it right now...maybe more in a different post if you want. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
p the ball on the points you raised. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > Everything you just wrote is awesome. This is exactly an example of > > the kind of thing I'm looking for (a challenge in this case) I would > > like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
, the idea of anyone being more special than anyone else is ridiculous, although I can respect having that issue, because I have issues that make just a little sense along slightly different lines. We are all designed for what will fulfill us here. We designed ourselves after all. To say one is bette

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
Sounds good. Definately ask me some interesting questions. You can "test me" if that makes any sense, or just be morbidly curious. You can ask me pretty much anything. There are very few things I wouldn't be happy to respond to. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
your every word about how wonderful your internal state is and play > some game with you as a special answerer of life's questions. > Personally, I would rather swallow a hand full of carpet tacks than > listen to you crow about being "WHATEVER." > > > > --- In F

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2008, at 11:16 AM, ddeadlus wrote: > > > Ooh! Yeah! That's it! Really tell me how it is. Tell me the story of > > how I must be pretending to be Enlightened because no one who was > > actual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
ferred in practice. Not that I'm saying I'm any good as basketball or astrophysics mind you... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > --- In Fairfi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
Jon Stewart and I thought he was pretty funny also. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > Yeah, I thought it was pretty funny also. :) > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter wrote: > > > > > > Ha ha! It's quit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
al reality of no-content, no-self, no-boundary, pure absence of any-thing. > > > --- On Thu, 9/11/08, ddeadlus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: ddeadlus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Spiritual Enlightenment > > To: FairfieldLife@

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:25 PM, do.rflex wrote: > > > Looks like Jim Flanegan is back for another "poking." > > He sure knows how to pick names: deadlust, Sandi Ego... > > Sal > Hmmm...I never thought of that. Actual

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
Well, I'm not actually Jim Flanegin, but it doesn't really matter to me either way... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ddeadlus wrote: > > > > Well, I was feeling pr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-12 Thread ddeadlus
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sep 11, 2008, at 6:48 PM, ddeadlus wrote: > > > Well, I was feeling pretty good and Enlightened and such, and then the > > individual vanished. Poof. Total wholeness, nothingness, or sile

[FairfieldLife] Re: Number-crunching pollster sees decisive Obama win

2008-09-11 Thread ddeadlus
Yeah. that would suck. I hope he wins and no one kills him. We ARE stupid enough to do that though. But maybe making him a martyr would have positive effects to. Who knows? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick A

[FairfieldLife] Spiritual Enlightenment

2008-09-11 Thread ddeadlus
Well, I was feeling pretty good and Enlightened and such, and then the individual vanished. Poof. Total wholeness, nothingness, or silence. Deep rich nothingness silence wholeness. This is it...Cannot be unfulfilled anymore... This experience (for lack of a better word) is every description of Br

[FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak Chopra on Sarah Palin

2008-09-11 Thread ddeadlus
Yeah, that sounds about right. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "amarnath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Subject: Deepak Chopra on Sarah Palin : > > This defines our mission so clearlytoremember who we are, > and stay balanced even in the midst of thisarchetypical strug