Right Livelihood

[Focus Shift]

To what degree is Right Livelihood necessary for attaining enlightenment?

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[JosephKnecht]

On 8/10/2020 at 9:42 PM, Focus Shift said:

To what degree is Right Livelihood necessary for attaining enlightenment?

There is no Right or Wrong, but thinking make it so.

Enlightenment can't be attained because Enlightenment is Nothing. Nothing can't be attained, only realized.

When you break all distinctions between Right/Wrong, Good/Bad, Life/Death you are left with Nothing.

Nice video. 

[Focus Shift]

@JosephKnecht I guess what I meant to say was "embodying" enlightenment. Sure, existence just is, all is one, there is only being, everything else is narrative. But with that in mind, if you see all of reality as your self, can you really be a wall street banker that gouges people of their life savings? Can you be a Sargent that instructs his troops to rape and pillage local villagers? Sure, in a cosmic sense, we are all of these things. But in a practical sense, right livelihood is necessary to avoid Zen Devilry. In the commentary I made after this, I show how even our lifestyle decisions are a part of right livelihood, and just how complex of a problem this is.  

Edited August 24, 2020 by Focus Shift