Homelessness

topic posted Sun, August 6, 2006 - 12:09 AM by  Unsubscribed
Is there a relationship between homelessness and enlightenment?

Is there anyone out there right now that is homeless? Are you enlightened too?

Will you chat?
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  • Re: Homelessness

    Tue, August 8, 2006 - 2:31 AM
    Currently not homeless, but been there, done that. Enlightened? to a degree. I could quite happily live under a tree, were that permitted. In this country, it's unacceptable, whereas in India? I'd be a holy man. : )
    are you homeless just now?
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    Tue, August 8, 2006 - 2:30 PM
    renunciation can be a very valuable tool toward reaching enlightenment.
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      Tue, August 8, 2006 - 3:34 PM
      Those who do not go within, Go without.
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        Wed, August 9, 2006 - 8:05 PM
        Furthermore...............living on the street. gives you a certain philosophy, as in "I complained because I had no shoes,...............then I met a man who had no feet." so yes you tend to count your blessings a fair bit. if you're wise that is. Counting your blessings is a good thing to do, rather than counting your wants. If all the world was to count it's blessings instead of it's wants................. Might be a better place.? Hey?
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          Re: Homelessness

          Sun, August 13, 2006 - 2:54 PM
          Not homeless...but have been..I was told by someone that he knew of a spiritual hierarchy that had homeless people 4th from the top...I certainly have met alot of awake people on the street. I go with you on the renunciation..very hard to live in this culture though....
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    Wed, August 16, 2006 - 5:00 AM
    The now famous Eckart Tolle was homeless for a while, so was i, still am sort of (living in exile). I presume it helps for enlightenment a lot not to have too much material lugguage, depends, how you deal with the situation: if you take it as a chance or a curse. Also, according to my observation, the less material lugguage people have, the more charismatic they are...

    E.
    • Re: Homelessness

      Wed, August 16, 2006 - 5:08 AM
      Yep, When you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose.
      • Re: Homelessness

        Wed, August 16, 2006 - 1:14 PM
        no, its a matter of what you define as home: something outside or within yourself
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          Wed, August 16, 2006 - 2:52 PM
          Home is where the Heart is?
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            Re: Homelessness

            Thu, August 17, 2006 - 7:20 AM
            It seems when you have excess luggage the Universe has a way of ejecting it wether you like it or not.
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            Thu, August 17, 2006 - 8:49 AM
            hopefully not only....the heart often wants to be somewhere else...don't ask me. i've been pondering about this for some time now
            • Re: Homelessness

              Thu, August 17, 2006 - 11:46 AM
              Let me know when you reach a conclusion.I'll be happy to hear. : )
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                Thu, August 17, 2006 - 2:09 PM
                oh, you will have to wait a few years. i will move to Auroville, realising that for the time being I still need outer surroundings with likeminded beings to get a sensation of 'home' Theoretically, when being completing grounded in the body, not in the heart center but more solar plexus, you good be just anywhere in the world...unfortunately not my present state of being - and even then the human being is social in its nature. Living like Milarepa does not sound very appealing for me...
                E.
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                  Thu, August 17, 2006 - 10:50 PM
                  Auroville? where is that?.................
                  As to like minded beings, well, none of us is perfect, so you may find yourself dis-illusioned at some point. To me, home is not in this dimension, but it does exist.
                  Do you know of the Dogon tribe of Africa? they say their home is on a moon of the star Sirius, and they said this long before the european even discovered that moon.
                  Nope we are here to rid ourselves of Karma and to learn our lessons and become suitable beings for higher realms, where we CAN get along together. We need to learn lots of understandings .
                  So therefore, we are all homeless till we get it together, & learn about Sharing and Caring, respecting our environment, mother Earth, and each other, not to mention the enlightened ones in the Ether around us.
                  Which means we need to grow up! ( my understanding anyway) We also need to stop killing each other. : )
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                    Re: Homelessness

                    Fri, August 18, 2006 - 6:59 AM
                    NIce Will, we are all homeless...or so it feels...
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                      Fri, August 18, 2006 - 11:14 PM
                      The birds have their nests, the beasts of the forests, have their lairs & dens, but the son of man has no place to rest his head. Lao Tse.
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                    Re: Homelessness

                    Fri, August 18, 2006 - 1:52 PM
                    check out www.auroville.org or the site of Shiva among my friends....
                    people there are not perfect neither, it is just the perfect place for growth - for me and for many others who have given up everything to be able to live there

                    nope, have not heard of that that african tribe yet.