Your reply, and what I posted previously, reminded me of the choice we all make, once we start down the pathless path. The minute the reliable transcending begins, the self (ego) and the Self (silence) begin duking it out for supremacy.
Only two choices: 1) Continue the momentum of transcending all identification, in order to gain liberation. The mindset is oriented towards getting out of one's own way. 2) Hinder the momentum of transcending all identification. Identify with objects in the mind that falsely identify oneself. Cheap thrills. The mindset is one of glorifying the false story of one's self. The aptly named choice Number Two, is selected inadvertently, either out of a lack of faith, or misguided intent. We are all taught stories as we are raised. self awareness grows, until we are oriented as to what our personal, familial, and social relationships are. After reaching maturity, though, we have the freedom to chart our own path through the landscape we are now aware of. If we choose a path to discover a larger world, less obvious than apparent, what is called the spiritual path, then liberation through surrender is the only option. It is a struggle either way, but if the self wins out, although it always thinks it is winning, all is lost. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Even your response to me is reactive and shallow, emotionally based. I see > right through you.:-) > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Sez the person so lonely and starved for attention that > > he MADE UP stories about being enlightened. > > > > Don't you GET it? NO ONE here believes you're enlight- > > ened. You have to go to Batgap to find people stupid > > enough to believe that. > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Someone brought up CC, and how once attained, PC never leaves. It is > > > true, and PC also continues to grow and become even more established. > > > > > > But if it doesn't, and a person has surrendered to their ego, instead, to > > > serve as that foundation, there is one significant difference. A > > > foundation in PC is a foundation in silence, whereas a foundation in ego, > > > is a foundation in stories. > > > > > > In fact, not really a foundation at all, but a continually reinforced set > > > of stories that tend to hold the person expressing them, in place, in a > > > fixed context. He or she is always the hero of all the stories they tell > > > themselves. Can also work with them always being the victim, the point > > > being that identity is gained from self-told stories, ego, attachment, > > > vs. pure consciousness. > > > > > > I was reminded of this reading over TB's comments about himself in > > > relation to others. Always the coolest, the hippest, the most spiritual, > > > the most discerning, the most successful, the best taste, and the > > > greatest lover, and seducer of women (I kinda made the last one up). > > > > > > He is an excellent example of what I have identified above; stories, > > > stories and more stories come out of his mouth, intensely fortifying the > > > fables he has been telling himself for decades. > > > > > > Oddly enough, if one takes the "stories in my head and heart" route, as a > > > foundation for themselves, it becomes increasingly difficult to make any > > > spiritual progress, or progress towards liberation. Despite any > > > techniques practiced, the stories, and the attachment to them, win out. > > > > > > So, TB's insights about spiritual life, and even the dynamics of his > > > personality, tend to be shallow and self-congratulatory. He loves to make > > > his bed, and then indulgently climb in, and cover himself over with warm > > > layer after layer of stories. > > > > > > Funny thing - I often see him as asleep, and yet he believes otherwise, > > > dreaming deeply on his soft, luxurious mattresses of attachment. > > > > > >
