Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00339)

I suspect, based on my reading/speculation, 
that at some point on "the Path" there might 
be some kind of experiential realization that 
the "I-not-I" worldview is mayavic. Not that 
I'm trying to suggest that that kind of 
experiential realization might then 
necessarily lead to some kind of Higher sense 
of Self-interest (note caps) in all cases.

Unless I'm mistaken, a Nirmanakaya, eg, 
hasn't subcribed to Nirvana or "a Higher 
Self-interest" (say) in as much as a 
Nirmanakaya might (I'm speculating) be partly 
defined as one who is experiencing a Broader, 
"less Self-related" perspective and meaning 
of "I-not-I" than one who still subscribes to 
some kind of Self-related merit, if in 
Higher terms.

But, as I tend to see it, a somewhat 
"simpler" (?) explanation might be something 
like: better to have "lives lived for others, 
not oneself." Which kind of explanation, I 
suspect, might be just as confusing in some 
ways for many people as the (ridiculously 
circuitous?) qualifiers I offered. As far as 
I can see, or speculate, there is only one 
way to transcend such circuitousness and 
maya: enlightenment (ie, in the experiential 
sense).

^:-/ ...
Mauri

PS that symbol, of course, stands for a 
confused guy who thought he might've had 
something "important enough" to say, but 
wound up scratching his head, as usual.