>From: Robert McArthur <mcarthur_at_fit.qut.edu.au>
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 13:40:47 +1000 (EST)
>Subject: !illumination
>
>Thought for the day: it is possible to be be illuminated, and then become
>un-illuminated. Illumination seems to be a worldview shift as well as a
>cosmic
>lifeline change - such as detecting chaotic vs not. There are a number of
>cases
>of worldview changes regressing, as there are of worldview changes that
don't
>(or haven't yet :-) changed back. Earth being at the centre of the universe
>being one of the latter ;-)
I think that the nature of illumination is that it forces the perception of a "truth" that is obvious & unavoidable. So unless you can learn that the truth is incorrect, or you magically unleapn it, you are stuck. Compare it to learning your wife has been unfaithful, now go ahead and "forget" it.
George Winter
gawinter_at_aol.com
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