Re: A morass of intuition (was Re: The Religious Case against Belief)
oxtail
> oxtail wrote:
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>> On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:58:33 -0800, Nobody in Particular wrote:
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>>> oxtail wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:35:31 -0800, Nobody in Particular wrote:
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>>>>> oxtail wrote:
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>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:03:28 -0800, Nobody in Particular wrote:
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>>>>>>> oxtail wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:36:56 +0000, Lee Rudolph wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> oxtail <oxt...@nowhere.org> writes:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:09:04 -0800, Nobody in Particular wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> liaM wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You said it! Buddhism works to destroy illusion.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Even the illusion some call "reality?"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Some illusions are too useful
>>>>>>>>>>to live without them.
>>>>>>>>>>Would you like to be enlightened?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Even a stale marshmallow can become enlightened if it's held on
>>>>>>>>> the end of a stick in a fire long enough.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Lee Rudolph
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In that case,
>>>>>>>> what exactly is it that is enlightened?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "It" is enlightened.
>>>>>>> The same "it" as in: It is raining.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Possibly.
>>>>>> Is it enlightened?
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll have to ask it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You cannot tell?
>>>
>>> Can you?
>>
>>
>> Am I even supposed to?
>
> Are you?
Before I was born?
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oxtail
liaM
It's still waiting.
oxtail
Have a sudden awakening.
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