From my perspective the notion of 'truth' is the issue. There are different modes of consciousness but one mode is not 'truer' than the others.

One thing about the way the Buddha was reflected in the character after enlightenment as dispassionate bothers me and always has.
I can't imagine a state of being where you look at your wife as if she is not special to you. I can't imagine viewing your grandson in this manner either.
I wouldn't want that nor would I want to not desire my wife or enjoy a piece a cake over a piece of broccoli.
If anyone understands what I'm saying here, I'd be interested in your comments.
Thanks!

That's why in the Palikanon there are monks and householders and the buddha gives different teachings to each of them.

Even a slice of pie comes form the cake. It too is impermanent. The essence of time / spaces is the appreciation both the value of having your cake and knowing you can make another if you eat it. When seen by this light, rebirth is not the process of consuming the cake, but both consuming and making a new variety. Your Grandson will die (impermanence), but the joy comes in knowing that the Yoga you did with him (union) is an ingredient from you he carries with him to the next life. You also carry him with you in the storehouse of collective memory gleaned from him (seed). Although you cannot remember all your past relatives today, your truth being in Sattva IS the storehouse. Read the opening lines of the Diamond Sutra.

Within Buddhism, there are many hidden truths that are there to keep you asking the questions. This is called great doubt, or the essence of continually questioning your previous false views. Each new insight then reveals another hidden piece of the puzzle. In the Diamond Sutra, the robe is his body he wears to birth into the material realm of Rajas and Tamas. He carries his bowl (mind) and goes with his assembly (family). Each generation into life is a new journey to beg for knowledge. When he returns, he hangs up the Robe, puts away the bowl and washes his free (karma on his seed / feet is euphemism for what is between the legs). He then sits with his assembly to learn what they have learned. You are never away from your family, only ignorant of what I just showed you here in Tamas. Take heart.

As much as I know this, it is only now that I see that I unconsciously placed one over the other as if he was instructing householders as if to say.. you do this cuz there's not much else you can do, we'll get you in the next life... lol

Thanks Ground

I often share with people that I have never known joy that compares to being a grandfather to my 4 little ones. Your post here carried that same joy for me.
Thank you!

Pancavaggi Sutra Five Brethren, SN 22.59.

It certainly can be interpreted that way and this is the interpretation preferred by monks who cultivate elitist thinking. But it also can be interpreted as just different teachings for different characters.

Liberation can mean so much. For buddhist believers it is liberation from literal rebirths. For non-budddhist believers in buddhas time it was liberation from only bad literal rebirths.
For some it may mean liberation from negative thinking or painful feelings or memories or fears. For others it may mean liberation from the conventional world as it appears to them. For others it may mean liberation from belief to enhance autonomy.

As their are as many kinds of liberation as there are individuals there are many kinds of views and instructions.

Baptism - clear vision.

Do you mean this in the way that everyone has that special something they need liberation from? Isn't liberation really just setting the mind free?