Dan502

I tested this yesterday. I walked up to an animal and asked if it was enlightened and it didn't say yes. Come to think of it, it didn't say no either. Keep in mind that if you yourself are not enlightened, then you don't actually know what you mean when you ask the question What we're actually doing here when we ask these questions isn't what we think we're doing. And we're not what we think we are. Nothing is what we think it is. Or should that be "Nothing isn't what we think it is"? I like the answer from the person who said not to confuse the lowest stage (which isn't animals but never mind) with the highest stage (perhaps there isn't actually a stage but nevermind). I'm going to try a follow-on question: "Is what I think I am, and what I think animals are, a subcomponent of enlightenment, in other words, a finitude within the infinite?" That is certainly my experience Hahaha

Cepzeu I wonder if it would be worth taking a look at everything that happened in the hours, days, weeks, months and years leading up to that moment, particularly in terms of any psychological progress that might have preceded it. I make this suggestion as a humble fool, who knows nothing about how a person on the spiritual path should best integrate or respond to such an experience, if indeed, there is any response to be recommended.