Leyla Shen wrote:You really need to stop clinging to the concept of enlightenment as a feeling akin to orgasmic bliss.
How did you come to that conclusion ?
Leyla Shen wrote:You really need to stop clinging to the concept of enlightenment as a feeling akin to orgasmic bliss.
Can you explain how a strawberry tastes ?Leyla Shen wrote:How do you know that's the truth?
And then there are those that think too much, and still sound and act like idiots.Leyla Shen wrote:Seems to me, Kunga, all that happens when one stops thinking is that they speak and act without making any sense whatsoever.
Because THE TRUTH is inconceivable and non-conceptual. It's more related to intuition.Leyla Shen wrote:Why do you have to stop thinking to "realize the truth" when the recognition of truth (not to mention appropriate/sane strategising) requires thinking?
No (no difference)Leyla Shen wrote:Is there a difference between reasoned (redundant, but necessary given the circumstances) thinking and whatever it is you call "conceptual thinking"?
movingalways wrote:How do you know this?Kunga wrote:If you were Enlightened you'd know all the answers to everything.