Wednesday, August 11, 2010

"total presence"

Enlightenment,

instead of altering our state,

discloses

what we have always been.


--- John Blofeld

3 comments:

  1. This does a 180 from stereotypical notions of enlightenment as "bagging" some state of endless bliss...Enlightenment is the other direction- closer to what is, rather than away from what is. Thanks for this jewel from John Blofield.

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  2. Yes, or as Wayne Liquorman has said, "Enlightenment is simply What IS, and non-enlightenment merely the belief that something other than Enlightenment exists."

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  3. These words from Wayne are a lightening bolt of clarity. Thank you.

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