From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   Enlightenment was   
   here before humans,   
   here before life on earth,   
   here before the earth itself;   
   And it will still be here   
   long after humans are gone,   
   long after life is gone,   
   long after the earth itself is gone.   
      
   This points to the fact that   
   Enlightenment has nothing to do with   
   the human mind, or even life itself.   
      
   This points to the fact that   
   Enlightenment is not dependent on the mind.   
   Enlightenment is not an experience of the mind,   
   but rather the mind is an experience of Enlightenment.   
      
   Enlightenment will continue to exist   
   even after there are no minds for it to experience,   
   just as it did before there were minds for it to experience.   
      
   There were no minds for most of the history of existence,   
   and there may be no minds for most of the future of existence.   
   But it is the mind that depends on existence,   
   not existence that depends on the mind.   
      
   Enlightenment and existence are not separate.   
   Enlightenment is all of existence -- As It Is.   
      
   -- Brian William Drisko, 21-Oct-2008 1000 bwd@advaitism.com   
      
   --   
   Oh, for the love of signature silliness....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)