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I'm struggling with something but not sure if it is just my conditioning fighting back ;) This is from Anthony De Mello's "Awareness": "A young man came to complain that his girlfriend had let him down, that she had played false. What are you complaining about? Did you expect any bett...

Dontaskme wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:15 pm And how is this ideology supposed to work Ken?

So this no longer stands or this is about something else?

You seem to be suggesting that there are some humans who, even if they dropped their attachments, would still have an instinctive nature to harm others? I'm not getting this though, where or how have I suggested that ? Here? Can we really live in peace and harmony with lions, tigers and bears? .......

And how is this ideology supposed to work Ken? Can we really live in peace and harmony with lions, tigers and bears? .... people are just like those wild animals, people are wild animals if you look closely enough at some of their behaviour traits. So, explain how this idea that we could all live i...

Alright lets flip-flop this around ...I'm just curious as to why you would think I would be angry that someone was suggesting they were about to show me 'the answer' ?...But that's not what was said was it? It was said...'' I am about to give 'you' the greatest surprise of your life.'' I'll start w...

You word not mine, projection is futile. Yes - completely my words. I'm just curious as to why you would be angry that someone was suggesting they were about to show you 'the answer' . This often happens when a person's illusion clashes with reality. A fleeting moment of self doubt that creates bar...

Dontaskme wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:48 pm

ken wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:39 pmI am about to give 'you' the greatest surprise of your life.

Gees, I can hardly wait. My goo balls are popping out of my head with over excited anticipation..and my mouth is dripping wet with hunger for something new, I hope it's worth waiting for?

Why does this make you angry?

Now why can't I get my head around the jump from Therefore, 'the tree' could not possibly be occurring in exactly the way that it is without the ENTIRETY of 'not the tree' (i.e. the rest of the universe) occuring in exactly the way that it is. to In this way, 'the tree' naturally includes the entire...

Although I don't agree that just because someone attempts to put it into word means they don't know. I can't accept that, people can still know and also try and put that knowing into words... not that they will ever succeed because enlightenment contradicts itself, enlightenment simply means no one...

From my understanding: Those who know don't say, and those who say don't know As pointed out enlightenment cannot be described in words. If anyone does so and claims to have explained enlightenment this is proof that they do not know it. I don't see anything clever or misleading in this - it's possi...