Why are you not enlightened?

[Quagmire]

I cannot stop... Don't feel bad though. I'm sure you're an idiot too......

You're just being nice.

 

[TurkeyOnRye]

I am not enlightened because I still attach myself to the past and future, I don't always live in the moment and above all, perhaps, I've made enlightenment into a goal.

 

[UnityNow101]

Ego ego ego

 

[whereismynotecard]

You're just being nice.

But you are stupid. I'm sure you do stupid things all the time. Don't be so hard on yourself... And let's face it... Not everyone can be as stupid as I am.

 

[Quagmire]

But you are stupid. I'm sure you do stupid things all the time. Don't be so hard on yourself...

I try. I try so hard.

And let's face it... Not everyone can be as stupid as I am.

I have more faith in humanity and it's potentail for stupidity than that.

 

[whereismynotecard]

Are you saying that there are people out there who are more stupid than I am?? I thought I was the most stupid...

 

[Quagmire]

Are you saying that there are people out there who are more stupid than I am?? I thought I was the most stupid...

I'm just saying that I beleive humankind's potential for stupidity is practically unlimited.

 

[Willamena]

Are we confused, or what?

 

[blackout]

Why are you not enlightened?

Someone turned off the black light.

~UltraViolet~

Now WHO would have been stupid enough to have done such a thing.

 

[Willamena]

I'm not enlightened, because if I was I wouldn't know/desire/attain enlightenment.

Edit: Responding to the OP, not expressing any state of 'me'.
Edit Edit: Not saying I'm not in that state; rather, just not saying.
Edit Edit Edit: Or am I?

 

[Cacafire]

"muh!!"

 

[Charity]

I will be enlightened as soon as I can find that switch plate on the wall....
Oops tripped ! :thud:
Some people prefer to remain "in the dark" because they have no quest for knowledge except what is easily obtained. If they have to go out of their comfort zone they would prefer to stay oblivious to new knowledge. If you want answers to questions then you have to search...........then you are enlightened.......

 

[Sunstone]

I happen to be very happy where I'm at now.

 

[TurkeyOnRye]

I happen to be very happy where I'm at now.

That is impermanent.

 

[Charity]

I happen to be very happy where I'm at now.

You may be happy but are you enlightened?

 

[Mr. Hair]

Big, Pretty (and-slightly-grammatically-incorrect) Words;

Because I have yet to imbibe (and understand) the impulses of compassion and stillness and make them transcendental.

Smaller Words;

I still think of "me" as "me", and me as me.

Or, to put it another way, lack-of-skillfulness.

Or, to put it another another way, kettle.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I am not enlightened because this sentence started with the word "I."

I am enlightened, so what if 'I' is temporary. While I live and after I die, I am Brahman. Nothing more permanent than Brahman.

 

[Phasmid]

I don't know if I'm enlightened, since I don't know what it is... but for some reason the word enlightenment appears yellow and tastes like lemon.

 

[Arnack]

zanzero, you ask for a heavy burden! Coming across an enlightened one is quite scarce, especially on an internet forum!
But I'd really love to here some advice from some legit Buddhas :yes:

 

[zenzero]

Friend Halycon,

I'm not enlightened because I have yet to realise the cessation of suffering through the elimination of habitual attachment.

I am not enlightened because I still suffer from the fallacy that I am a permanent entity and not a process. [Realisation of this fact itself is the seed of enlightenment]
I am not enlightened because I do not yet see the impermanence in all things. [same as above]
I am not enlightened because I still fear death.

[ It will go as soon as the above two are realised]
Keep going! Looking for answeres is like well begun is half done!
Love & rgds