08-02-2011, 09:13 PM
(08-02-2011, 06:31 PM)Kiko Wrote:3DMonkey Wrote:The ego you describe might just be parts of yourself you don't want to integrate.
Only the ego can make such a decision and cast it upon another, yes..? Through long experience I have found that certain memes crop up time and time again. A contemporary one is the idea that if we do not like something, or find it uncomfortable, then it must mean that we are not facing something which is wrong or not integrated within our self. To use a contemporary term, this is bullshit. All we need do is feel sincerely as Ra say, and we will know.
As a daft example, if someone set a friend on fire would you say to him/her, "Ah, do you see? There is something about fire that you are unwilling to integrate!"...
Quote:This is the way the Mind works. It simply is. Every last person I have heard on this earth employs this same thing, every time, always.
Yes, I too would suggest that ego works in the same way for all of us. I tend to think of it in much the same way as as a hand, or foot, or nose. We all have the same parts (more or less) and they all perform the same function. So, our egos work in much the same way, seeing everything as separate, seeing cause for put-downs, aloofness, cleverness, despair at being beaten by another ego, and so on. It is why this insane world is as it is. If only everyone could let go of the ego, things could be so much simpler.
Quote:This is all I can see anymore. I just want to find the fitting rail car to hop on. Or, I don't really...
May I suggest stillness? It might sound daft or esoteric, but simply sitting in stillness for some minutes regularly connects us with all that is. Some people talk of meditations, of techniques and practices which will bring peace, enlightenment, and so on. Such practices can be useful, but simple stillness reveals that our thoughts are just the ego harping on and on about everything under the sun. With stillness practice it soon becomes safe and quiet.
LOVE!!! that honesty.
Only ego would consider ego an enemy