Guest guest Posted March 7, 2000 Report Share Posted March 7, 2000 On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:46:15 -0800 (PST) Tony O'Clery <aoclery writes: > Tony O'Clery <aoclery > > Namaste All, > > Based on Maharaj's % s we have about 60,000 people who > understand advaita vedanta, or non-dualism, on the > planet. Realized people are no better at such guesswork than anyone else. There's really no reason to take Maharaj's number particularly seriously, to do so is to believe one of the major myths concerning realization -- the assumption that some sort of omniscience is conferred. > > My guess is that 'realised', persons is about 1 in a > billion, or about 6, based on statements by sages. > > The North American share is about 1 or perhaps 2. Extrapolation of unreliable declaration noted. :-) > > I notice Jodyr is saying Jerry is a realised person, I missed this -- can you reference Jody's post? > and now she is commenting on what realised is. *This* post I found -- BTW, Jody is a male. > > Jerry you never commented on her assertion about you! > Is this because you don't discuss these things or > what? Maybe he missed the relevant post, as I did. > > My question is, 'are you a jivanmukti?', if not please > correct your deluded disciples. What "disciples?" :-) > > This is the problem with too much education, too many > thoughts and each one a step away from the Self. > Mirror's up, Tony! Much love -- Bruce http://come.to/realization http://www.atman.net/realization http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucemrg.htm http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucsong.htm ______________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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