The Buddha vs. The Fully-Realized Man [Closed Captioned]

[josephischristian]

What can i do to have a "tremendous affect on the world"?

[TheFaustianMan]

@josephischristian You start by asking that very question. The other part, is something only you can figure out do yourself. :)

[StylinKaos]

How about the best of both worlds?

[TheFaustianMan]

@StylinKaos

The danger is one method wants you to submit, and does not have any notion of individuality and more importantly Love. As you can see, this had an appeal to the despotic rules of the East at the time (such as Ashoka) and flourished. It subjugated whole races as "sacrificial stock" and kept them from rebelling too often because of ideas like Dharma, Maya, and Caste.

So, love is more seen as Eros, consequently a woman would hold you back from enlightenment. Hence, not possible really

[TheFaustianMan]

@StylinKaos

...if you believe in the uniqueness of the individual. The idea of our soul's counterpart. Again, these ideas have only been crudely understood in places like Japan, India, and China.

Women in the aforementioned are seen as the embodiment of the cosmos, more than being seen as a human. The idea of a "soul" or "soul mate" is that idea of the uniqueness of the love in eternity and brought into time. Where in the East that would be childish. And husband and wife is more of a role.

[kellybw23]

Great comparison. Just wondering how long this unique western psyche has existed. Seems the "fully-realized man" as you describe him is a relatively recent phenomena in the history of humanity. I speculate we were all once more collective and with the rise of markets and industrialization (along with corresponding political systems) we have turned selfishly inward, becoming overly individualized, competitive and obsessed with what "mark" we can leave in the world. Guess balance is key

[TheFaustianMan]

Hi Kellybw23. I am going to say it is a fairly new event. That had originated with hunting culture, as opposed to agricultural societies. In a hunting culture there is a distinction between individual viz. the tribal mentality. Where in agricultural societies, especially in the tropics, there is no emphasis on individualism. Hence in these areas you tend to see more scarifies and cannibalism. The idea being increase life = increase death. However, these are only crude notions. text limit =)

[1111MANA]

excellent.I am an enlightened australian who experienced enlightenment in Tokyo 18 yrs ago.Kundalini awakened tranformed into star form and consciousness, TRASPORTED to NIRVANA.Iam now a BODHISATTVA

[TheFaustianMan]

Way to go.

[1111MANA]

Cheers mate,best wishes to you, brother.

[TheFaustianMan]

@1111MANA

And you as well!

[enigmaofsmoke]

@1111MANA

Find another enlightened bodhisattva.

From one aspiring bodhisattva to another:

Cultivate beginner's mind.

Let go, let go, let go.

[BillyDKY]

To me it's about realizing yourself so you can complete what you meant to do.

[TheFaustianMan]

Thank you for your insight. To me it's realizing yourself so you can give birth your creation. So, I agree with you.

In other words, same goal different paths, or words in this case. :)

[jungian9111]

The majority of the western man does not hold individuality Faustian....they hold an image of it. Ego image that's ready to burst unsounder...

Great insight..You sound like Carl! lol

At the end of my new video I held up the Red Book for you to see...its huge!

[TheFaustianMan]

Thank you! You just made my day! I am glad to see that the BIG read book has lived up to its name!

[granitedoc]

rubbish

[jungian9111]

Oh didn't see this comment..fuck you granitedoc!