--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > However, path gives folks something to do with > > > > themselves until that realization dawns. And it's > > > > probably better than fighting wars or whacking off. > > > > > > > Yes (though one might argue that one can play with a path *and* > play > > > with oneself simultaneously)... > > > > Which brings up yet another deep philosophical > > question: if you're in UC and play with yourself, > > are you really playing with your Self? :-) > > Absolutely. :-)
so on the one hand, there is an illusion created by us that we somehow embark on a path to find ourselves, which implies travel, when in fact as the scriptures say, we are always already here and now. On the other hand, I recall clearly that when I first embarked on my 'path' many years ago that I had a far more constrained and less clear self-identity than I do now. I certainly haven't gone anywhere except to perform and integrate techniques to more clearly appreciate who I am. Though it is then incorrect (and I suspect a trick of the ego) to interpret this as 'a path', nonetheless it has been 'a process'. So the key here is to still acknowledge growth, i.e. self- development, but to understand it as a process (which always implies ownership) vs. a path (which does not)? 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/
