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I think I shall just love those who are enlightened, those who think

they are, and those who have an issue with the whole 'enlightenment'

thing.

I started to have an issue with your whole 'duality isn't reality'

push, til I realized it was mine, cuz there is no 'other.' lol

- Enlightened Android

p.s. I'd go to the 'Enlightened Ones' conference. Specially if they

had free donuts!!!!

- Enlightened Android Chunky Dunkster

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> Hey !

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> You wrote, " I've heard Eckhart Tolle, who's a teacher of enlightenment

> a lot like , I've heard sometimes he doesn't even show up for the

> talks he's giving. I'm laughing out loud now at that. Oh how sweet

> that is, to not show up. How innocent. How frickin' funny! "

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> *****Eckhart Tolle is best known for his book " The Power of Now. " I,

> personally didn't find it very useful, but lots of folks love it. I

> wouldn't, however, put his teachings in the same kate-gory as .

> There are some others who are much more akin to what she says (if

> you're interested, just ask). I see the underlying understanding

> presented by BK as " nondual " at its core. E. Tolle definitely speaks

> from a dual perspective. And there's nothing " wrong " with that; it's

> just different (and, in my mind, confused,....but it sure sells well!).

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> Regarding " enlightenment. " A very curious term. Lotsa people use it

> and whenever it comes up, I feel a need to ask the person, not in a

> challenging way, simply so that I'm clear on it, " what do you mean

> by 'enlightentment'? " Otherwise I find that frequently we end up

> talking at cross purposes.

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> Another nondual teacher, Wayne Liquorman, author of a wonderful

> book, " Acceptance of What IS, " relates that it would be amusing to

> hold a gathering in a large auditorium for all who are " enlightened. "

> Liquorman's take on it was that those who actually did show up would

> clearly NOT be " enlightened. " :-)) To appreciate this one has to be

> familiar with the definition that Liquorman (and other nondual

> teachers, even ) hold for " enlightenment. "

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