pleasant notion, but not really

enlightenment is founded in concession (acceptance without challenging)

Quote: "Quote: ".. yeah right, now he wants money "
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"Show me the money" is an expression.
Its meaning is to get down to business, get serious

So stop talking about enlightenment
lets get serious ...
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Salt.

I am a wanderer.That was a flashback.

maybe squander....when it comes to money

therefore,

 'I should have known better than to use that expression here.  Still I squander...."

Help me by helping your self.

Service to others, yes, but you need to incorporate wisdom.  Serve, serve, serve in action will destroy us without the wisdom, and our self can become confused and disoriented.  Having wisdom without service is better, but not enough, the service always needs to be incorporated in order to fulfill the 'prerequisites' for sunyata (I think it is).

How can I serve you? you say, better to think, how can I help myself, then exercise the six perfections as the environment enfolds and presents itself around us.

To facilitate ourselves to have wisdom:  Be open minded, foster awareness without constructions, and acknowledge the innate callings for patience, kindness, generosity, enthusiastic motivation, and focus oriented refinement.  And dedicate to a discipline that encorporates a free approach to mind development.

And then, if you can remain open to the plight of others, and your own, you can stay earthed to the actions/involvement required to be a contributor.

Nice.

As near as I can tell, enlightenment arises not so much when you are willing to accept it, but also when you are able to accept it.

I believe that if you are not able to accept it you will die.  I have seen this happen firsthand when my father became awakened without preparation.  He refused all food and water and was dead four days later.  I might have interceded, but he was terminal with cancer so I let it happen.

What I have noted in many of the satori stories Ive encountere is a common element of *sincereity*, a desire to understand without consideration of person gain of any kind.

Ramana sincerely asked, *Who is that dies* in his meditation, and that gave rise to his awakening.

In my own case, one night going into my usual meditation, it occurred to me that everyone assumes that everything is just peachy for God, but is it?  So I went into meditation with the question, *what is it like to be God*. 

We got our answers, and so have many others.  The world is full of Buddhas.  Guatama is the most noted of all, because he was such a great teacher, and because he gave up so much personally, such as royalty, so he is called The Buddha.  But there are many.