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Originally Posted by ethereal  Nisargadatta Maharaj used to get angry all the time, and smoked endless cigarettes. But he's enlightened at LOC 720 -- go figure.
My theory is that they've transcended their ego instead of perfecting it. So they don't have "saintly" attributes that comes from perfecting the ego, but they have already gone beyond the ego and the personality. The angriness isn't coming from them, but from their residual persona that occurs on its own. You can say, they're angry emotionally but loving inside. |
Heh. This sounds really funny & I didn't know that. Hmm.
Honestly
Being spiritual isnt' what I thought it was when I was 7. I really thought of the stereotype.. you know.. like a person with a perpetual halo around their head & honestly, I don't think that's how it is. I mean anyone who knows me knows I'm not perfect
heh. That's why I'm asking these questions because I've been realizing being spiritual isn't really what people think its about.. & there's a lot of confusing information out there. Hmm. That is interesting though.
I am guessing if Maharaj's smoking is like me eating chocolate cake (well I am trying this).. then he remains unattached regardless of how good or not good the cake is. I've been working on detaching judgment completely & seeing everything as it is & the beauty of that. That seems to be working a little bit right now.