We have heard many legends and tales of something mysterious and puzzling . . . something that is said to be more precious than a newborn
infant to a brand-new mother . . .
- something more valuable than the
wealth of Bill Gates, The Olsen Twins, and God combined
. . . more desirable than a bikini-clad Pamela Anderson
to a teenage boy (or, say, an open-shirted Brad Pitt
to girls . . . more thrilling
than coed naked extreme fireskiing in the final moments
of sudden-death . . . more satisfying than a sweet,
dripping can of ice-cold Diet Mountain-Dew to a man
who's dying of thirst . . .
- or at least, that's what some folks
say.
That "something" they describe
is "spiritual enlightenment."
The idea of "spiritual
enlightenment" today is shrouded and smothered
in confusion, mystery, secrecy, and just plain, old-fashioned
nonsense and misunderstanding. The whole landscape of
spiritual enlightenment is covered in pitfalls, mindfields,
and avalanches of rumor, speculation, hearsay (not to
mention heresy) and insanity . . .
- yet sometimes, we get brief glimpses
of something incredibly powerful . . . something utterly
different during moments of intimacy,
or love,
or when we experience "God",
or think we've found "IT"
. . .
- and on rare occasion, something profound
and immensely beautiful is described by folks who seem
to actually know what they're talking about. For example,
some folks say that we humans, in our normal state,
are like starving beggars who are sitting on top of
a box of gold, but don't know that we're sitting
on a box of gold . . . or that we are like folks who
think they are characters in a dream, but who have actually
just fallen asleep, have forgotten that they've fallen
asleep, and don't know they are characters
in a dream - and don't know how to wake up . . . some
say it even more plainly, like this:
"My
final word
on this particular subject is:
I sought a Goal the existence of which
I had become convinced was highly probable.
I succeeded in finding this Goal,
and now I KNOW,
and can also say to all others:
"It is absolutely worth anything that it may cost,
and immeasurably more."
- Franklin
Merrill-Wolff
It seemed that there was a need for someone to delve into these treacherous
mindfields and sort out fact from fiction, sense from
nonsense, what is rumor, speculation and wishful thinking
from what is real about the whole matter.
In other words,
it seemed
like a job
for LiveReal . . .
TO
BE
CONTINUED
. . .
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