--- shanti2218411 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --It would be helpful in these discussions for there > to be > a common definition for terms being used > eg"real".When this word is > it may mean something very different from one > person to another. > So for me the statement "the ego is not real" is > an absurd > statement thats because of how I define > "real".For someone using a > different definition this statement may make > perfrct sense.Kevin The ego is not real from the "perspective" of CC. However it is real in waking state. Real meaning that it is experienced or a phenomenological reality. There is no individuality experienced in CC. There is a very clear individuality in waking state. > > > > > > > > [email protected], anonymousff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a difference between speaking about ego, > I, Self etc. as if > > these were real objects that could be pointed to > meaningfully in an > > abstract discussion, and speaking about one's > "sense of self". A sense > > of self is an experience, not an idea. By all > appearances, it is a > > very common experience, and the absence of it is > not at all a common > > experience. Does this have anything to do with > what is "real"? > > > > --- In [email protected], > "marekreavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > "The ego(self) is as real as the 'it' in 'It's > raining.'" > > > -- paraphrase from something posted last > year on FFL > > > No it at all. Just raining. > > > > > 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
