tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post762647645762981388..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: EnlightenmentSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-25469419226539417912008-03-25T22:39:00.000-07:002008-03-25T22:39:00.000-07:00"if it doesn't work on the freeway, you don't have..."if it doesn't work on the freeway, you don't have it."<BR/><BR/>OK, I admit, this is me and your average person might not respond that way -- but that's the best fucking summary of testing for enlightenment I've ever heard. Well done.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-88252196619382033572008-03-24T23:49:00.000-07:002008-03-24T23:49:00.000-07:00Just for fun, the Creator said, I'm going to split...Just for fun, the Creator said, I'm going to split off a few billion pieces of myself, toss them into the woods, and see if they can find their way home.<BR/><BR/>Finding your way home is the game. Getting there, that's enlightenment. <BR/><BR/>I see it as a state of being where you've topped out as a human. You know everything you need to know, feel everything you need to feel, you are in the moment, on the case, at the apex. It doesn't get any better.<BR/><BR/>It's not a competition, and of course you play to your own drummer, but when get there, you know it, and you don't need a certificate, nor a weatherman.<BR/><BR/>You *know*.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-72021637419776921352008-03-24T21:43:00.000-07:002008-03-24T21:43:00.000-07:00If enlightenment is the win condition, what is the...If enlightenment is the win condition, what is the game? <BR/><BR/>If enlightenment is the game, then we can each play at our own level, and it doesn't have to be a competition.Kai Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13319136737099550784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-32098282057939382352008-03-24T21:36:00.000-07:002008-03-24T21:36:00.000-07:00Yep. You can cycle through the state, feel it, kno...Yep. You can cycle through the state, feel it, know it, but until you can stay there, you aren't enlightened, you are just visiting. <BR/><BR/>Going to Hawaii for a couple of weeks is not the same as living there. <BR/><BR/>Lot of us have been to visit. Few of us get to stick around.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-52911586010111250132008-03-24T20:06:00.000-07:002008-03-24T20:06:00.000-07:00Is enlightenment not real if it is fleeting?Once e...Is enlightenment not real if it is fleeting?<BR/><BR/>Once enlightened, always enlightened?<BR/><BR/>In your definition, is enlightment permanent?<BR/><BR/>words, definitions and language<BR/><BR/>complex indeedDean Pennington IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702609171701440020noreply@blogger.com