--- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---Well spoken!...(below,) we all have multiple "selves"; a concept > more consistent with the Buddhist notion of "components" rather than > the Hindu concept of a "jiva" or reincarnating Soul.
Exactly. Busted. :-) > From a Buddhist > perspective, there is no reincarnating "jiva" but there are multiple > components comprising a relative "self". Some of these components or > ingredients are richly charged with energy and attached to > unfulfilled desires; while other components of the personality have > run out of steam and don't make it into the "self" of the next > incarnation. To me, the Buddhist concept of reincarnation appeals > to my worldview more than the Hindu verson. To me as well. > - In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > [Quote from Wikipedia] > > > > The word "corporation" derives from the Latin corpus (body), > > > > representing a "body of people"; that is, a group of people > > > > authorized to act as an individual (Oxford English Dictionary). > > > > > > At the risk of being dubbed schizophrenic (as well as hopelessly > > > disconnected) by anonymousff, I think it's interesting that not only > > > is a corporation (legally) an individual, but an individual is also > > > (really) a corporation -- as may become more and more evident along > > > certain lines of consciousness exploration :-) > > > > I'll jump on this one, Rory. :-) > > > > Given some of the things I've studied and the weird > > people who have taught those things to me, I'm always > > surprised when long-time spiritual seekers say that > > they have a "self." It's not the use of the word to > > distinguish between self and Self that gets me; it's > > the assumption that there is only *one* of them, that > > they have only *one* personality or self-structure. > > > > Another viable way of seeing the situation is that > > each of us has millions of "selves," all Maya, none > > of them with any more substance than a mask at a > > costume ball. We put them on for the occasion and > > we take them off when another occasion arises. At > > times, the hard-boiled, cynical "self" is appropriate, > > and we "wear" it. At other times, the loving, com- > > passionate "self" is appropriate, and we wear that > > one for a while. > > > > It's all a way of talking, of trying to describe a > > situation that doesn't even really exist :-), but I'm > > more comfortable with the idea that each of us has > > a myriad of selves than I am with the idea that we > > only have one. As Walt Whitman said, "I contain > > multitudes." And that doesn't necessarily mean that > > I suffer from so-called multiple personality disorder, > > merely that I'm human. > > > > Unc 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/
