ENLIGHTENMENT FROM THE INTERNET?

[DalTheJigsaw123]

The following is by a young man closing in on age thirty or so whose Awakening experience transpired, as described by him, almost entirely through offerings of the internet. What he presents within the contents of the paper offers interesting insights into the overall modern Enlightenment experience, and thus then perhaps, will be of interest to ALL seekers along the path, but especially so those whose computers are a personal choice for garnering information on Zen, spirituality, and the Awakening process. In that the author has since taken the page down from general internet access, through courtesy to him, within what is offered here, he will remain anonymous. All personal references have thus been removed.

Although not widely known, Enlightenment through similar means as cited above and presented in full below is not totally unheard of. Many, many years before the advancement of computers and the invention of the internet there was an American of great spiritual Attainment by the name of Alfred Pulyan that reached a great number of people almost exclusively through a mail order following. People that came to hear about him would write hoping for insight into what one could do to Awaken to the Absolute, and Pulyan would respond, asking for no more than a stamped self-addressed envelope. He claimed to have a 70% success rate, more than ten times higher than the ancient Zen masters --- and all done through mail order.

 

the Wanderling

 

http://the-wanderling.com/cyber-sangha.html

[voidisyinyang]

The following is by a young man closing in on age thirty or so whose Awakening experience transpired, as described by him, almost entirely through offerings of the internet. What he presents within the contents of the paper offers interesting insights into the overall modern Enlightenment experience, and thus then perhaps, will be of interest to ALL seekers along the path, but especially so those whose computers are a personal choice for garnering information on Zen, spirituality, and the Awakening process. In that the author has since taken the page down from general internet access, through courtesy to him, within what is offered here, he will remain anonymous. All personal references have thus been removed.

Although not widely known, Enlightenment through similar means as cited above and presented in full below is not totally unheard of. Many, many years before the advancement of computers and the invention of the internet there was an American of great spiritual Attainment by the name of Alfred Pulyan that reached a great number of people almost exclusively through a mail order following. People that came to hear about him would write hoping for insight into what one could do to Awaken to the Absolute, and Pulyan would respond, asking for no more than a stamped self-addressed envelope. He claimed to have a 70% success rate, more than ten times higher than the ancient Zen masters --- and all done through mail order.

 

the Wanderling

 

http://the-wanderling.com/cyber-sangha.html

 

Likes like a "mind yoga" enlightenment -- Master Nan, Huai-chin calls zen "dead tree" zen -haha. No real body transformation.

 

Arjuna was healed by Chunyi Lin -- his wife was healed by Chunyi Lin.

 

Ah he took is down from his website! Hilarious. Maybe because I linked it on my blog...

 

http://arjunaardagh.com/who-am-i/

 

Oops - so it is a different "arjuna" - he claims to have been called enlightenmented by Ramana Maharshi? But then he clarifies that David Godman got his nationality wrong? Hmmm.

Edited January 10, 2012 by fulllotus

[Marblehead]

Be careful Y'all. Some of his followers claimed that Jim Jones was enlightened too.

[ChiDragon]

Be careful Y'all. Some of his followers claimed that Jim Jones was enlightened too.

Yes, the word "enlightenment" must be used carefully. It is not that easy for one to be enlightened. In order to be enlightened, one has to be thought of something that no one has thought of or understanding something all the sudden that one never knew before. That is what enlightenment was all about. Thus I wouldn't use the word lightly.