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Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment.

Posted by Chris on 1/26/2008, 3:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment."
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:
: An acorn is a seed that contains the
: potential of becoming a great Oak. And so it
: is with man.
:
: We are a microcosm of the macrocosm. All
: distinctions, all stages, are provisional.
: We are a part of that which has no parts.
: The acorn is not separate from the Oak, nor
: are we separate from the Tao.
:
: Enlightenment is eternal. It is neither
: sudden nor gradual. We were never born and
: we will never die.
:
: Butch

I would say that growing into an oak is one of many potential paths for the acorn. This doesn't separate it from Tao.

Materially we are eternal. The rest is up to us. Enlightenment is like a brodcast frequency. We tune in or tune out.

Message Thread:

Enlightenment?? - gar 1/12/2008, 10:15 am
- two eyes - OhC 1/12/2008, 10:40 am
  - Re: two eyes - gar 1/12/2008, 11:09 am
- Re: Enlightenment?? - Steve 1/12/2008, 3:19 pm
- laozi about enlightment - ming2 - wulf 1/13/2008, 4:15 am
- Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Butch 1/24/2008, 9:38 pm
  - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - wulf 1/25/2008, 1:27 am
  - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - wulf 1/25/2008, 1:28 am
    - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Butch 1/25/2008, 12:31 pm
      - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - wulf 1/26/2008, 2:47 am
        
        Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Wayne L 1/26/2008, 7:08 am
  - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - gar 1/25/2008, 7:20 am
    - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Butch 1/25/2008, 12:01 pm
      - Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Chris 1/25/2008, 2:58 pm
        
        Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Butch 1/25/2008, 6:39 pm
        
        Re: Enlightenment without love is not enlightenment. - Chris 1/26/2008, 3:28 pm
        
        One Taste. - Butch 1/26/2008, 11:26 pm
        
        Re: One Taste. - Chris 1/27/2008, 1:04 am
        
        Re: One Taste. - Butch 1/27/2008, 10:07 am
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--Previous Message-- : : : An acorn is a seed that contains the : potential of becoming a great Oak. And so it : is with man. : : We are a microcosm of the macrocosm. All : distinctions, all stages, are provisional. : We are a part of that which has no parts. : The acorn is not separate from the Oak, nor : are we separate from the Tao. : : Enlightenment is eternal. It is neither : sudden nor gradual. We were never born and : we will never die. : : Butch : : I would say that growing into an oak is one : of many potential paths for the acorn. This : doesn't separate it from Tao. : : Materially we are eternal. The rest is up to : us. Enlightenment is like a brodcast : frequency. We tune in or tune out. : : : :

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