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Yes they are a part of the ego, sletting go of them is goodAre you sure those things have anything to do with ego?
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Yes they are a part of the ego, sletting go of them is goodAre you sure those things have anything to do with ego?
Ah. You have an allergy to spiritual experiences? Bad experience previously? Bad association with some group in the past? I recognize that reaction from my own experiences when I first started meditation. But I pushed through and was able to move it beyond that association.Yoga and meditation practice. It just feels good. Makes me extremely calm. But I quit when I started having spiritual experiences.
I've had some bad experiences(and some really good ones too, but the bad ones freak me out too much.Ah. You have an allergy to spiritual experiences? Bad experience previously? Bad association with some group in the past? I recognize that reaction from my own experiences when I first started meditation. But I pushed through and was able to move it beyond that association.
It's common when you start to quite the discursive mind, the chattering monkey mind as it's called, that what is in the subconscious mind starts come into conscious awareness. There is a lot of "shadow" material down there, which everyone has. That's things we have repressed, pushed into dark corners and kept at bay through fear. It can be simple stuff from early childhood. But what we do is turn it into dark, fearful demons because we've unconsciously kept repressing it.I've had some bad experiences(and some really good ones too, but the bad ones freak me out too much.
So they say. I think I am fine being me.
What would you loose if you become more unselfish, compassionate? Less self-centered, unchained from ego-desires...
Yes. Ego ("I" in Latin) is the sense of self. This view of self can be identification of self as separated... or as a part of an integrated whole (as you said: the whole universe can be seen as one being). Paul of Tarsus for example talked about seeing others as limbs of the same body... That's why we can hear phrases like "false self" and "true self". Sometimes ego means the measure of self-importance, for example: healthy ego, big ego, inflated ego...Are you sure those things have anything to do with ego?
Have you experienced being sucked into dark void? Freaking indeed.I've had some bad experiences(and some really good ones too, but the bad ones freak me out too much.
If it means "losing my ego", then I don't want it. Why would I want to do that? It seems to be a bizarre desire. Who doesn't want to be themself, and why?
If it means "losing my ego", then I don't want it. Why would I want to do that? It seems to be a bizarre desire. Who doesn't want to be themself, and why?
I remember going to my ex's house, years ago, shortly after I'd left him(I was picking up some things). He was living in his dad's house, and when I came in, he exclaimed very excitedly that he'd become an internet guru. He was so pleased with this, he didn't seem to notice that, while he had on a very nice fedora, the only other article of clothing he had on was his boxers.
It seems the ascended masters of the internet have a dress code they don't tell the common public about.
I have no ego but I do love waffles.
I don't even know what to do with an ego.
I am a self though! It's a good distinguishment.
You are right. Enlightenment is know yourself.If it means "losing my ego", then I don't want it. Why would I want to do that? It seems to be a bizarre desire. Who doesn't want to be themself, and why?
What is it that has a love for waffles?
I myself love waffles.
Enlightenment is an exercise in letting go of all attachments and conceptions. When you have done that your true self emerges.
Then by your own statement, the "I" yourself cannot be enlightened while it still loves waffles.
Your "I" that loves waffles therefore cannot be your true self according to your own claim.
If it means "losing my ego", then I don't want it. Why would I want to do that? It seems to be a bizarre desire. Who doesn't want to be themself, and why?