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Maive ponders:
I am reading G's posts on enlightenment, which got me to pondering...we seem to like to do that around here... anyway...what is the draw? I really dont get it.
Zam:
"Get it" is an interesting phrase. You don't get it intellectually or you don't get it once you've experienced it?
Maive:
I am me, I am here having a human experience because I was born human...soooo Im having a human experience....
Zam:
Who and what is "Me?" Okay, so you are having a human experience...
Maive:
isnt enlightenment supposed to make you more like "God"?
Zam:
What's enlightenment, or for that matter, what's God? Careful now...are either of these "What" questions?
Maive:
Why would I want to be that....If I am this? Arent I both? What is "more" or "better"? G asked that question of me once...what makes you think "X" is better? Really...what makes us think its better?
Zam:
Why would you want to be anything? Better? Someone reference me where 'better' is mentioned. (Other than casual conversation.) Jed made it clear there was no 'better.' Perhaps more expansive...
Maive:
Why does it take up so much brainspace? Frankly Im REALLY beginning to think its a scam, and its a diversion from our human experience....
Zam:
Thinking is the diversion from our human experience, yet how often is it questioned? Thinking is our personal history and is loaded with terms you mention above such as 'better.'
Maive:
If I wanted to learn how to build houses, and be a carpenter....I wouldnt spend half my time being a mechanic...neither one would advance to its pinnacle...<<<<<lightbulb moment!!!!>>>>>> Ohhh thats good stuff right there....I dont care who y'are
Zam:
Advance to its pinnacle? Isn't this 'better', which you criticize above?
Lightbulb moment?
You've got to turn on the switch first, my dear...