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By tekart, 11-28-2006 05:56 PM
One thing I see that Steve may not be aware of or is and it is not coming through.
One would be true enlightenment/awakening and the other is more in the intention/manifestation category.
I think true enlightenment/awakening does not need intention/manifestation, and intention/manifestation would only keep you from awakening.
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Yes, I have a strong feeling that that is true. In Hinduism, I believe there is a teaching that spiritual aspirants are to be discouraged from becoming addicted, as it were, to special powers, as this is a distraction from the path of spiritual development. It is sort of an adolescent phase of development, you might say, not an end in itself.
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By Toine, 11-29-2006 05:09 AM
Intention-manifestation is playing the game by the rules in a very skillful way, but true awaking is to stop playing the game altogether.
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Yes, I would agree with that wholeheartedly.
I think reality is
emergent, and when we are playing a game, we are distracted/disconnected from the totality of emergent reality.
Interesting thread; I haven't read any of the material yet, but interesting ideas to me. Thanks.
Intention-Manifestation is kind of like the American Dream on Speed. I'm thinking the American Dream needs some lucid interventions ASAP.