GENIUS FORUMS

<t>Rhett, I don't even know why I'm still trying to get you to see your faults, but whatever, I will go on.<br/> <br/> Just because you no longer exist as a concept to me ("Voce"), doesn't mean much.<br/> <br/> Right, concepts appearing and disappearing doesn't mean much.<br/> <br/> You can only eve...

<t>Rhett, you're right in your last post. You're most likely wrong in the fact that things don't exist when you don't view them. I mean, if such a thing were true, you wouldn't be existing when I wasn't aware of you, and I wouldn't be existing when you weren't aware of me. Do you see where this gets...

Seriously, i am interested to know why you think
that something you experience in one moment can continue to exist after you
have finished experiencing it (?).

Abductive reasoning, fool!

Abstractly, theoretically, merely the appearance of a straight line.

<t>If consciousness of Truth is a delusion, then why are you talking about Truth as though you know what it is?<br/> <br/> I'm talking about Truth, because I've had some consciousness of Truth. This consciousness of Truth showed me that having consciousness of Truth is false.<br/> <br/> You're barki...

<t>Because you're not distinguishing between the two with any intelligence. In fact, you're constantly mashing the two together, which makes your comments about these matters very confusing - as I clearly demonstrated when I transposed one of your paragraphs into the museum example.<br/> <br/> Your ...

<t>You're confusing Truth (which is non-dualistic and location-less) with consciousness of Truth (which is indeed dualistic and located in wise brains).<br/> <br/> There is only one Truth; if that Truth is nondual and without location, then why are you talking about some 'consciousness of Truth' whi...

<t>Let's transpose this to the example of the museum: <br/> <br/> I completely agree. Which is why, when you call a certain set of directions to the museum 'true', I will say something such as "no directions are true". It means that compared to the museum itself, the directions are delusions, and we...

<t>Well, this is an entirely new tune. You have gone from "no opinions are true" to "many opinions are true".<br/> <br/> I don't think a person could ever actually believe that no opinions are true. Obviously, for example, if you want to accomplish anything, there is an obvious and true way to go ab...

Don't worry, avidaloca, I'm not whipped ;-)

<t>Okay, let's focus on this issue since it is an integral part in your world view - namely, that no opinion can express truth.<br/> <br/> Imagine you are in a foriegn city and you want to vist the museum. You ask a local for directions and he says, "If you go straight down this road for three block...

<t>When an enlightened person is still, that's enlightenment, but the moment they move, it becomes, as I said, self-mastery, because the moment you move, you have to act in the world of particularsyou have to walk, talk, work, do all these things. Now people who observe your ability to function in t...

<r>Here is something good:<br/> <br/> <a href="<URL url="http://www.otoons.com/eso/Enlightenment_test.htm%22%3Ewww.otoons.com/eso/Enligh...t_test.htm%3C/a"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.otoons.com/eso/Enlightenment ... est.htm</a">http://www.otoons.com/eso/Enlightenment_test.htm">www.otoons.com/eso/En...

John, I've been calm since the summer.

<t>It may make sense to your mind but it is not right. The Buddha is not a buddha of attachments and his response to circumstance is always immediate and appropriate. <br/> <br/> "When hungry I eat, when tired I sleep".<br/> <br/> That isn't true. It takes attachment to eat. Of course, sleeping just...

<t>I think Thomas is just saying that since a Buddha's attachments are all gone, there's no more need for him to strive to live, he just exists. He views everything happening, and has no reaction to it.<br/> <br/> For example: let's say a man was fully and perfectly enlightened one day. He sees that...

A bunch of lies.

Learn to make sense.

Shh.

EAT , SLEEP , SHIT!.

That is what buddha did , that is what jesus did or any so called enlightened beings.

Truly beautiful.

:-) I'll stop now, then. Don't wanna get into another match.

Confused at Paulie.

Why is fear the problem? Is fear really in the way of enlightenment?

I'm looking at your post, and I think that having 'deep conncections (love) to fellow humans' interferes with the path. The path to Ultimate Reality is originally undertaken to free yourself from pain and suffering. Deep connections to other people are a source of pain and suffering. Enlightenment i...

<t>Hey Newbie.<br/> <br/> Assume one is on their path to enlightenment and discovering the ultimate reality. Given one life, shouldn't one try to avoid pain and suffering as much as possible in their quest for the truth, and have deep connections(love?)to fellow humans or does that interfere with th...