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Originally posted by uplander
I absolutely, 100%, do not get it.
Sorry.
What have you got?
Originally posted by spellbound
reply to post by Geladinhu
Gelad, you are so right right right!!!
You are it - that is what people have to realise. The only person you should care for and rely on is YOU.
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
reply to post by Geladinhu
Would it be fair to say that you "got" that there is nothing to get ie: that you already have it and had it all along?
I think I've gotten it before, but have been working hard, probably too hard, to really get it this time!
But if Buddha and all them are right, there can be no striving, no doing, to "get it".
So is the "it" you got, just to clarify, that you are everything, and that it's all in you already, and that therefore, there is nothing to get, nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nothing to worry about, since it's all here now? Is that about right?
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
What is the meaning of life?
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
What you "got" can be put to the test, and I would encourage people to question you about it, to validate it.
If valid, and I believe it is, what you "got" you should be aware that there are innumerable people around the world, some of whom have been actively seeking for their whole lives, who haven't got what you just got, the reason, they are seeking it, trying to get somewhere, and from what I am just beginning to understand (haven't QUITE "got it" or grokked it most fully yet, although I can talk about "it"), all striving and doing, concieving, conceptualizing, cultivating etc. is all a waste of time, since "it" already is here now, and therefore to "seek" after it, is to push it away.
It's a sudden spontaneous awakening, a "satori", and it's the most highly prized treasure in the universe.
I have a question then for you (please think on it carefully before responding) to put this enlightened awakening to the test..
What is the meaning of life?
Originally posted by spellbound
reply to post by OmegaPoint
Given that life can be boring unless you are busy busy busy - what is the point of it? I think the point is being kind to people and animals.
And that leads us to...what?
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
reply to post by Geladinhu
That is the correct answer.
Originally posted by OmegaPoint
If you can keep this, and how could you lose it?
You might want to consider a career as a stand up comedian, because you've just become a very funny person, if what I suspect about you is true ie: that your enlightened awakening is valid.