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|    Re: Is Advaita just another Cult??    |
|    13 Jun 21 00:08:29    |
      From: tfetty333@gmail.com              What you said about Advaita or enlightenment in general as causing psychosis       is true, but you can't go back. Even if what you learned was bad you or at       least I can't go back, it's like eating the steak in the matrix, it is not as       good plus it's a dead        animal, you can't ever un-know it.              What you said about revealing the nature of everyone's insanity to them and       forcibly enlightening them through psychiatry sounds cruel to me. It's a       harsh process and everyone would feel victimized.               Enlightenment, heaven on earth, what does it require? I'm afraid of death       and I feel guilty for my behavior, what would it take for me to reach       enlightenment right now? Well I could realize that I'm not a body and I am       everything, life is a dream and        there is no free will. That's one method. If I didn't use Advaita I would       have to accumulate a lot of wealth in order to buy the best medical care and       military protection, repent of my misdeeds and change my ways, and that is       virtually impossible. In        that way only a select few are ever going to attain peace in a dualistic world       and that peace is theirs alone. No one can share in happiness achieved by       exclusivity, it's always sad, imo.              Cheers              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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