Beyond Enlightenment. Warning...Not for Sissies.

[Tempestinateapot]

Whadaya think, zg? Did I do good?
oh, sublimezg, Keeper of All Knowledge

[sublimezg]

Whadaya think, zg? Did I do good?
oh, sublimezg, Keeper of All Knowledge

Yea, not bad. I would have summarized with something along the lines of:

All paths inevitably lead to enlightenment. The question is, how many paths (lifetimes) do you want to take before you get there.

[Tom]

I have the audio version of both his currently released books, on CD.

It is true that the moment of enlightenment must happen once and cannot be repeated. I'm saying it usually happens after a long period of approaching it and backing away before reaching. If it were easy, everyone who has read about the experience would arrive.

This relates back to what Tom said:

"But what about when people explore their inner selves? Make journeys of self-discovery? Aren't they going within to find the truth?"

"They're just exploring the ego, making a study of the false self, which is a lifequest as valid as any other. But you don't wake up by perfecting your dream character, you wake up by breaking free of it. There's no truth to the ego, so no degree of mastery over it results in anything true. Putting attention on the false self merely reinforces it." J. McKenna

[Tempestinateapot]

It is true that the moment of enlightenment must happen once and cannot be repeated.

Yeh, and you can't put the genie back in the bottle.

[wstein]

I once started to write a book "Beyond Beyond". I realized that anyone who could understand it, did not need to read it.

[Tom]

Write that book "Beyond Beyond" for the people who are Almost Beyond who just need another push.

[wstein]

Write that book "Beyond Beyond" for the people who are Almost Beyond who just need another push.

I have found that the last few steps are very individual for each person. To be helpful in a detailed way for every one is not practical. What you end up with is vague and indirect generalizations. I'm sure you have read some of those mystical texts. They are not of any help to anyone.

[Tempestinateapot]

Ok then, write a book about how to cope with the beyond beyond. It obviously won't be a best-seller. It turns love and light on it's head and sends it packing. Not for mass consumption. Anyone who goes after the "real" enlightenment is in for a major brain overhaul. Sometimes, it's better to be asleep and happy about it.

[Metatron]

"Do not attempt to seek enlightenment; unless you do so with the same fervor as a man who's head is on fire would seek a bucket of water."

[Tempestinateapot]

It's more like you throw the bucket of water away, and let your head burn down to nothing. The water would just put off the inevitable.

I sound like a happy camper, don't I? This being awake thing isn't for sissies. That's it. I"m changing the name of this thread.