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   From: wudao@wuji.net   
      
   noname wrote:   
   > Kitty wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's just that simple.  After reading teachings in Buddhism , Hinduism,   
   >> Taoism, etc -  and arguing to justify ones dogma on usenet - isn't the truth   
   >> of it to just then live? Maybe live with the happiness of cherishing life,   
   >> suffering and all? Can people think their way to enlightenment? I don't   
   >> think so - but then again, I'm not enlightened. Just happy most of the time.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Methinks it depends on what you mean by "think their way to enlightenment".   
   > In one sense you can't, you can't do some specific set of exercises and   
   >practice the bejesus out of it until it gives in to you, you can't force it   
   >to happen by thinking about it really hard.  But in another sense, that's   
   >the only way to get there, by thinking your way, because it happens when   
   >the last tumbler falls into place, when the last piece fits into the jigsaw   
   >puzzle, when you slap yourself on the forehead and say "Duh!" because it   
   >should have all been so obvious except that it wasn't.  imo, fwiw.   
      
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