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lavande99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want."~Marsha Sinetar
haldor72 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
scroll4...Thanks for those posts. It's always inspiring to read when a person is reporting their own honest perceptions and not imposing dogma.
enddogmanow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"The only devils in this world are those running around inside our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought".GandhiHow ironic that it seems, both historically and currently, that the most "devout" amongst us seem to have the most "devils" in their hearts, yet they keep looking outside themselves for the cure.
scroll4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
To be aware of the mental construction is enough, at the end of the day no one can say that we are more than life it self. Forget all about that spiritual crap that is just another ilusion, another concept in your mind. Peace to all
scroll4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Even so, it can be very helpfull to know that most of the times, what we think is not true, it can be very helpfull to know that what we think we are in relation to the others is just a mental construction, but at the same time, this mind that creats this his the most powerfull instrument humans have to live in this society, and this false sense of self only trys to help us adapting to this wolrd - i am the conscience connected to the universe, isn't that just another form of Ego?
scroll4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The true is that no one can really say what we really are, and that is the fundamental question. Ok mr Eckart i've realized that i am not my thoughts, i've realized that in my essence i am this life inside, this conscience that has the perception of his own thoughts - so what !? I Still need my Ego, my sense of self to live in this society, i am not going to made in this world of rough ambition thinking "i am the conscience",ok i know i am, but on the stage of real life, my Ego will work better
medussa2me (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
everyone talks about ego as enemy yet ego is what drives our existence if you have no sense of self you lay in the road and die of starvation. nature does have a darker side some people pretend we all have nothing to fear ever for death is just the end of physical body etc pain is just pain etc yet to the abuse being in the moment is not ideal but wen life becomes kill or be killed or steal or starve how virtuous are all the sages?
enddogmanow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life".BuddhaClearly this is something Tolle "gets" and articulates very well, particularly in "the power of now". What a wonderful "new earth" becomes a possibility once our species really understands this.
enddogmanow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"Eternity is not the hereafter...this is it. If you don't get it here you won't get it anywhere".Joseph Campbell
enddogmanow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
All the misery on the planet arises due to a personalized sense of "me" or "us." That covers up the essence of who you are. When you are unaware of that inner essence, in the end you always create misery. It's as simple as that. When you don't know who you are, you create a mind-made self as a substitute for your beautiful divine being and cling to that fearful and needy self.Protecting and enhancing that false sense of self then becomes your primary motivating force.Tolle - Beautiful! |
