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Contradictions of the Enlightened?,
Posted by: Yogini |
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12-Apr-2007-19:30:25 |
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Re: Contradictions of the Enlightened? |
>As I posted before, I think Rama is a contradiction. A koan. We can't >judge his actions because you can't take it on face value alone. He ?>is constantly trying to teach us a lesson. You have to discriminate >the thoughts you have when dealing with him, or any other spiritual >teacher. They are teaching on multi levels, so, just judging them on >the physical is not correct viewing. Besides, you can't judge your >teacher at all. You don't have the same Big Picture they have.
>You either agree with a teacher's process of teaching, however >uncongenial it might seem. You can't take just what is agreeable and >disagree with other parts of the teaching. If so, then you shouldn't >study with that teacher. Rama made a comment to that fact at a >seminar that maybe another teacher would be more fitting to a persona >and that s/he should go off and study with that teacher. He knew not >everyone was going to understand and see his moves as a teaching tool.
Exactly.
Shortly after I was accepted as a student in the 80s, there was "The Big Purge" and everyone had to reapply again. Many did not make it. I think Rama wanted to have a smaller group of people that could handle the energy and be more committed to the process. |
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