02-26-2011, 12:00 AM
The ability to leave the Earth at will...yes I have heard that too. And of course the ability to travel to far places in a flash etc. These are things the rational mind just rages over...it can't handle it, lol. So again...first the rational mind must be surpassed. Then its easy to see how such feats are possible. I'm not sure if its 'so easy', because I heard also there is residue of the flyer even after burning from within...and in Buddhism this is recognized too:
I posted this in emptiness and objects thread...it outlines the "five Mahayana paths--the paths of accumulation, preparation, seeing, meditation, and no more learning--that a practitioner develops sequentially."
3. "Peaceful" indicates the path of seeing. That's the point when one has direct, non-conceptual realization of emptiness and becomes an arya--a noble or superior one. At this point one begins to free one's mindstream from the aquired or artificial afflictions--those learned from erroneous philosophies--and their seeds. These are eliminated entirely so that they never return (flee). The innate afflictions and their seeds haven;t yet been eliminated, but they manifest very weakly, if at all, because one has the direct perception of emptiness when in meditative equipoise, and after meditative equipoise, one sees all phenomena like illusions and so doesn't grasp them as inherently existent.
4. Although not explicitly mentioned in the verse, the fourth of the five Mahayana paths, the path of meditation eliminates the innate level of afflictive obscurations that prevent liberation. These are the disturbing attitudes and negative emotions that have been with us since beginningless time. On the latter part of the path of meditation, one removes the cognitive obscurations that prevent Buddhahood. So there's a lot to do on the path of meditation. ~From Tara the Liberator
I did not quote on paths 1, 2 and 5 here...because my main point was that even after burning from within, and also recognized in Buddhism, there is residue to work out that is of an emotional nature I guess. What this means to me is...one who burns from within doesn't become super human or 'above us'... humility and work on self are still factors, though,... they could possibly just leave this world if they wanted to...but its likely in their benefit to stay to do more 'work' and in toltec terms, assemble a warrior party.
I posted this in emptiness and objects thread...it outlines the "five Mahayana paths--the paths of accumulation, preparation, seeing, meditation, and no more learning--that a practitioner develops sequentially."
3. "Peaceful" indicates the path of seeing. That's the point when one has direct, non-conceptual realization of emptiness and becomes an arya--a noble or superior one. At this point one begins to free one's mindstream from the aquired or artificial afflictions--those learned from erroneous philosophies--and their seeds. These are eliminated entirely so that they never return (flee). The innate afflictions and their seeds haven;t yet been eliminated, but they manifest very weakly, if at all, because one has the direct perception of emptiness when in meditative equipoise, and after meditative equipoise, one sees all phenomena like illusions and so doesn't grasp them as inherently existent.
4. Although not explicitly mentioned in the verse, the fourth of the five Mahayana paths, the path of meditation eliminates the innate level of afflictive obscurations that prevent liberation. These are the disturbing attitudes and negative emotions that have been with us since beginningless time. On the latter part of the path of meditation, one removes the cognitive obscurations that prevent Buddhahood. So there's a lot to do on the path of meditation. ~From Tara the Liberator
I did not quote on paths 1, 2 and 5 here...because my main point was that even after burning from within, and also recognized in Buddhism, there is residue to work out that is of an emotional nature I guess. What this means to me is...one who burns from within doesn't become super human or 'above us'... humility and work on self are still factors, though,... they could possibly just leave this world if they wanted to...but its likely in their benefit to stay to do more 'work' and in toltec terms, assemble a warrior party.