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Buddhism

silverweb

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6. Perfect images!

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 12:49 PM

Feb 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]For me, the levels, quests, politics and personality that revolve around the word "enlightenment" can be like a person running around frantically screaming, "I want a body!"

We can relax into this, as it has come to be, abiding in formless awareness without more or less.

I have a very visual imagination, and the images these words evoke to illustrate the concept are simply perfect.

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Can somebody help me answer this? [View all] Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 OP

I think as an attempt at comparitive religion it is a poor word choice. ellisonz Feb 2012 #1

I saw that and YankeyMCC Feb 2012 #2

It comes down to terminology Newest Reality Feb 2012 #3

Yeah those pesky words YankeyMCC Feb 2012 #4

Exactly Newest Reality Feb 2012 #5

Perfect images! silverweb Feb 2012 #6

Many religions offer salvation randr Feb 2012 #7

"Salvation" implies some outside being that redeems you from your sin. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #8

This is what I replied: "Revealed truths and dogmatic practices"???? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 #9

I know this is late, but I'd like to point out that the person you were arguing with white_wolf Mar 2012 #10