Since truly enlightened people only experience things for what they are, do they still have "mental" interests, not just things that they like to do, as in actions, but interests, as in certain topics being more alluring to their minds?
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Once one is enlightened, they are no longer a person.
They are still human. That is, they have a human body & a human mind. And that body does human things and that mind thinks human thoughts and may be interested from time to time in human interests. But the person is gone.
So, what does it mean to no longer be a person?
Let's take a look at where the word, “person” comes from. It originates from the Latin word, “persona” which originated from the Greek word, “prosopon.”
The prosopon was the mask that Greek actors wore when acting on the stage. The mask was basically the costume and was designed to amplify the actors voice.
#enlightenment
Alan Watts once said, to be a real person is to be a genuine fake. Therefore, to be a person means to be in the process of acting a part in a play, or perhaps a dream. A person is a fiction. An artificial character, but one that thinks it's real.
Once enlightenment is realized, one is no longer acting a part in the dream, or on the stage. They have realized through direct experience that they are the One who plays all the parts and the One who observes the play or dream.
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