I wrote (in talking about assisted shaktipat in progress now
first from me to spiritually advanced individuals and then, in
a while, from them to some others) in the long thread
rCLlocal deity priorityrCY on alt.buddha.short.fat.guy :

current state (including the Buddha belly circles and (P) delivery)

I guess that should be a lowercase b buddha. I say circles
since there have been a small circle and a large circle
though the small circle has been more common. I also
have experienced belly pops on occasion which I think
have been tests of me (probably not by humans yet).

WhatrCOs the difference between a buddha and a bodhisattva?

Though I have undergone four periods of temporary centred
clarity, I wonrCOt say I have reached awakening/enlightenment
until I come out of the low years into an extended period
of centred clarity, maybe even at the rCLbuddha bowlrCY moon
(first quarter).

WhatrCOs the difference between a buddha and an avatar?
(I know that some say that the Buddha was an avatar of Vishnu.)

I claim to be a buddha/avatar/christ/messiah type, and use
the word type since I am not a Buddhist or Maitreyan
or Hindu or Jewish and am no longer Christian, but as
I say above, I have not yet come out of the rCLwildernessrCY
into awakening/enlightenment, but hope to soon.

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