Fwd: My Enlightenment's Better Than Your Enlightenment!

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NonDualPhil , " Arvind " <adithya_comming

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> So it goes with all those who attach to some idea of

enlightenment.

> They can be brilliant at deconstructing others' ideas of

> enlightenment, and then they fall into the ditch of their own idea.

>

> The experience where " the ahamkara is broken... the ongoing and

ever-

> present revelation of one's nature as being the Self " ... how is

that

> different from the endless other brands of enlightenment that this

or

> that guru offers?

>

> When Muktananda gave his " shaktipat, " there's no doubt that it

> completely transformed peoples lives. Of course it's " ongoing. "

The

> experiences offered by ALL these gurus are ongoing, right up until

> they stop.

 

 

> " Ever-present " ? I for one like to sleep,

about 1/3rd of my life in

fact. In that deep, refreshing sleep,

think of NOTHING. If this

idea that " I am the Self " were truly

" ever-present, " it'd ruin that

sweet taste of nothingness. Why want that?

Silence is better than

holiness.

 

 

Hi Stuart,

 

 

Based on my reading...

 

this Pure, 'content less', thoughtless

state of deep dreamless sleep is what

Ramana [and many others] called the

sate of 'non duality'!

 

When this 'state' happened while

physically awake...

 

they called it Samadhi!

 

 

Those, for whom this 'state' is [an

almost] continuous and unbroken...

 

they called them Jnani...

 

For those, for whom this 'state' has

not been yet recognized...

 

they recommended Inquiry...

 

 

For those, for whom this 'state' is

'seen' but, is yet not Steady...

 

they recommended continued vigilance and practice...

 

 

 

 

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