--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, a_non_moose_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: <snip> > > That doesn't mean the person who is enlightened > > can't speak about what the self is feeling, e.g., insulted. > > Not in this case. One could say "the body is cold". Because there > is a body, but one does not identify with it. But an insult referes > to the sense of diminishment of ego. if there is no > ego, "ABSOLUTELY no ego", then how can the sense of ego be > diminished?
No ego in the Absolute; the ego is "in" the self. Some supposedly enlightened people *do* use circumlocutions like "This body is cold" rather than "I am cold," but such expressions have always struck me as a bit pretentious. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
