I am a total genius who has achieved enlightenment

I have no clue what this post was meant to convey.

 

spiritual excersises? more like S&M to me..alright Neo each to their own though eh? I tried it, and it left me as spiritual as a doggybag

 

do you think sometimes, heywood, that some people have burnt out their humor receptors?

 

now I'm confused plus afraid.

 

i'm actually feeling much better about the entire thing.

 

Well, that's a pretty stupid question, but it might just sound stupid to me because I'm a genius, whereas normal people might think it's actually quite intelligent (I have a hard time understanding people who are so far beneath me spiritually).

Still, I'll answer. Your integrity is in not waking up when the gerbil starts gnawing its way through your pillow trying to get air. And your submission is passing out when you haven't gotten enough air.

I would have thought this to be obvious, but, as I said, I'm a genius so such things seem obvious to me where they might not be so obvious to others.

 

lol.

:applause:

 

I'll take your word for it this time but leave off the fluffy creatures or I'll astrally suck at your colon with a hose pipe gerbils indeed!

 

and what are you clapping at... as mentally retarded as gerbil sniffer up there is that the best you can do?

 

Hi heywood
I heard like this from Master Tathagata,
"There is a word in the world. A genius can be appeared by heaven and a man of ability can be appeared by education."
It means that results of things in people's life is determined by what kind of problems people have got. But your words don't have any problems, just spiritual words, that's why ordinary people don't easily understand what you're saying. If there are no problems, then how can we solve anything? It just makes people do useless things and it's also harmful to some people if you tell them they should trust you. If you tell somebody something which you didn't confirm yet, it could become a lie. And what you do becomes the cause of all the results you receive. That's why it's important to know the meaning in what you said. So when you say that everything is one, and that it's the truth, I need to confirm for myself if I can really trust your words..
What is the one? And, what do you mean by the Truth?
Metta,
Paul

 

The spiritual path is an elusive and mysterious phenomenon. It cannot easily be defined, nor is it intended to be. There are many spiritual traditions that offer techniques and practices intended to allow an individual to facilitate the upliftment of their consciousness. Ultimately, one must endeavor to find what resonates for them. At the core of any spiritual path, however, there is a balancing point that must be established. It is a subtle sense of awareness that requires one's willingness to maintain an equilibrium between their own conscious intent and the transformative force that envelops them. Whatever arises from this state of equilibrium is the individual's true path.

The most efficient way to transcend separative identification is to work from the inside out -- to attune oneself with that subtle awareness that exists at one's core and then allow it to gradually permeate the entirety of one's being. Most people, however, have paths that in one way or another work from from the outside in -- it's kind of the like the old saying, "fake it 'til you make it". They conform to the parameters of a particular spiritual practice or ethical code that reflects the qualities of our true natures. This is a more fabricated approach, because ultimately transcendent qualities arise naturally as a result of the realization of one's true nature without any effort on our parts, but it can be effective up until a point and given the proper intentions.

My personal feeling is that no one can tell you how to progress spiritually. When you have cultivated a sincere desire to experience higher states of consciousness, events will begin to unfold in a fashion conducive to your spiritual growth. You may stumble upon a book that proves to be quite illuminating, or you may have an encounter with someone who can act as a teacher for you. You may have an experience that produces an epiphany or a dramatic expansion of consciousness. Regardless, you already have all that is required to experience spiritual growth. The more your path arises from your own willingness to orient your awareness internally, the more you will experience transcendence.

Travis

 

eden-you're a meany-poo-poo-pants.

 

It's hard to desire or yearn for something that I yet cannot understand or comprehend. Kind of like not knowing what you want.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again -- I think you understand more than you give yourself credit for. Just to give you one example, how many people on these forums were deceived by Heywood's satirical posts in this thread? And yet you were able to recognize the facade.

But yes, not knowing what you want can be a difficult position to be in. The trick is to subjugate the conceptual mind to the desires of the heart. Of course, following one's heart is easy to talk about and difficult to accomplish.

The esoteric concepts that I often talk about are actually not prerequisites for spiritual growth. I personally have a cerebral dimension to my personality and sophisticated conceptualizing allowed me to gravitate towards my path. Ultimately, however, the things one really needs to know in order to progress spiritually are quite simple. One need only understand that the illusion of separation is the source of our suffering, and that this illusion is capable of being dispelled. It can also be helpful to understand the mechanisms that the ego relies upon in order to maintain the illusion, but even this is ultimately superfluous.

Sometimes, just the willingness to be in a state of "not knowing" can be spiritually empowering. My sense is that you definitely have this willingness. Perhaps that, in addition to your honest pursuit of higher knowledge, is enough for now.

Travis

 

I am the one, and the truth is what I say. I can't believe you couldn't figure that out!

 

o ffs

 

Heywood, i believe that one who reaches a higher level of existence wouldn't be shouting that from the rooftops.
Your comprhensions and referels to "the one" and "the one and only truth" seem to occure the me as a egocentric persons with the mere hope to be better then the rest.
Maybe this hope became lies, and believe became untrue. However, your truth is yours, it might be true for you, in your own reality, but i have mine own truths and will not accept it when someone says that he has the only truth.

Highwood, are you making a joke, i don't like arrogance and people who claim to be a genius, as if they are better then everyone else. If your not joking, then i would rather say that you still have a long spirtual journey to go.

I don't want to insult you, but however much intellegence you have, you seem to lack wisdom. But still somewhere i think your just joking and just provocing a discussion-rich topic.

 

well if he is up that high ánd he wants to shout from where does he have to dit other wise hmm? this seems like a nice discussion indeed, haven't read through since i don't have time for the moment. but its going strong for eight pages already. nice

what a nonsense comment...

 

I just don't believe that one who achieved total enlightment and absolute perception of truth would come here and say "i am a total genuis who has achieved total enlightment". Or is enlightment paired with arrogance? If so, well.. i guess i would rather then be a stupid person with my own silly believes.

or do all of you believe that arrogance can by justified be the fact of being a higher being?

 

Obviously, you have a lot to learn about enlightenment. It isn't all about the benevolent gurus you see in the movies, it's also about knowing the truth and not being afraid to speak it. In this case, the truth is that I am a total genius who has achieved enlightenment.

This is a great question, and I would definitely answer it if doing so wasn't so far beneath me.