At... http://www.nonduality.com/dazdark.htm
This is an example of someone who became spontaneously enlightened (without seeking it). In itself this is extremely rare but not unknown. However in this case there are a couple of noteworthy issues:
i) amusing and ironically, John Wren Lewis had spent his career attacking mysticism and being a spritual cynic in general
ii) he still retains a logical outlook and doesn't make the (usual) extrapolation to all sorts of ontological conclusions.
Have a look - a few pages but interesting (not least of which in the context of qigong) if you have the time.
Mike
PS was especially interesting to me in the context of my recent musing
(on http://www.wahnam.com/forum/showthre...t&pagenumber=3 )...
"In this case it recently occured to me that (cf Oliver Sacks cases) if someone had a stroke that affected their autobiographical consciousness neuroanatomy then this would lead to them being spontaneously enlightened (eg Tolle for the sake of argument)."
This is an example of someone who became spontaneously enlightened (without seeking it). In itself this is extremely rare but not unknown. However in this case there are a couple of noteworthy issues:
i) amusing and ironically, John Wren Lewis had spent his career attacking mysticism and being a spritual cynic in general
ii) he still retains a logical outlook and doesn't make the (usual) extrapolation to all sorts of ontological conclusions.
Have a look - a few pages but interesting (not least of which in the context of qigong) if you have the time.
Mike
PS was especially interesting to me in the context of my recent musing
(on http://www.wahnam.com/forum/showthre...t&pagenumber=3 )...
"In this case it recently occured to me that (cf Oliver Sacks cases) if someone had a stroke that affected their autobiographical consciousness neuroanatomy then this would lead to them being spontaneously enlightened (eg Tolle for the sake of argument)."
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