--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> TurquoiseB wrote:
> >
> > One could say that the common denominator in both cases is the
> > rigidity of their underlying belief system and the level
> > of personal identification they have with that rigid
> > belief system.  Anything that appears to contradict the
> > belief system is perceived as a personal attack against
> > them, because they have identified with their belief
> > system so strongly.
> 
> I think you've just described the nature of identification in 
> bondage. The ego creates all these beliefs vital to 
> buttressing its little world. Threaten the beliefs, and you 
> threaten the ego's very existence. 
> 
>  - Patrick Gillam

The ego IS the belief...




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