Having had my lights switched ON by MCTB back in 2010 I’ve happily mentioned Daniel’s book to fellow seekers since. However, over the last year or so, a growing number of people have said to me that Daniel has retracted his claim to arahatship. I normally reply that I’ve not read any such retraction from Daniel on DhO (or elsewhere) but that it’s important for folks to read MCTB and, in particular, the chapter on ‘Models of Stages of Enlightenment’ to fully understand what he is claiming. I point more interested parties to Daniel’s essay on his experiments with Actualism and, in particular, his answer to the second question towards the end of the article:
http://integrateddaniel.info/my-experiments-in-actualism/Finally, I tell such folk that as far as I’m concerned Daniel has more wisdom than myself and what I’ve read and gleamed from MCTB and DhO community has made a big difference so the question is really moot. However, my friend was recently on a retreat when the same point was made regarding Daniel’s claim and I said I’d post on DhO and ask. With that in mind, can I ask you Daniel if you have changed your claim to arahatship and if not, do you have any idea why this view has arisen (aside from ruffled feathers)? ;)
With best wishes,
Nick
