--- In [email protected], "marekreavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you spend any time trying to find that "sense of self" it proves to > be maddeningly untraceable. We assume that there is a self, but if > you investigate into the matter there doesn't seem to be one > locatable. The atma vichara (self inquiry) that a number of folks here > have recommended (as well as Ramana Maharishi and Nisargadatta, among > others) is extraordinarily profound (and addictive).
*** One who tries to locate a "self" has started with the unconscious assumption that "self" is an object that could be located. Or, if it can't be located, then maybe the correct conclusion is that it doesn't exist. But a "sense of self" is not an object to be located. It is a feeling. If the feeling is there, it doesn't need to be traced. The feeling cannot be denied, even if no referent for the feeling could ever be found. Similarly, if the feeling is not there, nothing need be done to prove existence or non-existence of self. Yes, Ramana, Nisargadatta and others make interesting reading. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
