Comments on Folk theory of enlightenment: sophisticated B.S.TypePad2014-07-03T22:56:13ZBrian Hineshttps://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://hinessight.blogs.com/church_of_the_churchless/2014/07/folk-theory-of-enlightenment-sophisticated-bs/comments/atom.xml/Karatasian commented on 'Folk theory of enlightenment: sophisticated B.S.'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201a73dfc00cc970d2014-08-05T20:28:38Z2014-08-05T21:29:09ZKaratasianImagine the ego is a little bubble... Suppose it bursts. Then whatever is left could say "the bubble was me...I...<p>Imagine the ego is a little bubble...</p>
<p>Suppose it bursts. Then whatever is left could say "the bubble was me...I am no more"</p>
<p> Or it could say..my boundary has gone...I am no longer separate from the world...so I am the world.</p>
<p>Both perspectives are valid, albeit partial.</p>Mike Williams commented on 'Folk theory of enlightenment: sophisticated B.S.'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201a3fd2d5220970b2014-07-08T02:21:34Z2014-07-09T18:39:09ZMike WilliamsThe funny thing is we spend so much time trying to get rid of a self, that doesn't exist, even...<p>The funny thing is we spend so much time trying<br />
to get rid of a self, that doesn't exist, even<br />
before we try to get rid of it. Gurus make a fortune teaching methods to get rid of this<br />
non existent self.</p>
<p>Tibetian book of the dead. They believe you watch your future parents having sex and<br />
choose your parents based on this, before you reincarnate.</p>
<p>I have had enough of this crap.</p>cc commented on 'Folk theory of enlightenment: sophisticated B.S.'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451c0aa69e201a73de61828970d2014-07-04T05:33:20Z2014-07-04T05:37:42Zcc...this isn't a transcendent, supernatural, or elevated type of enlightenment. Maybe more like giving up ideas about enlightenment, which enables...<p>...this isn't a transcendent, supernatural, or elevated type of enlightenment. Maybe more like giving up ideas about enlightenment, which enables the thing itself to shine forth in all of its non-ideational glory.</p>
<p>What "thing", if it's "non-ideational"? Clearly, it's an idea, but is it an actuality? </p>
<p>If enlightenment is anything, it's realizing how much you're willing to believe. </p>