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> --- In [email protected], a_non_moose_ff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "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. Yes, it does sound a bit odd, but the problem is that there is no subjective self or "me" that any word points to. So you can say, "I'm cold," but there is no "I", there's just cold. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ 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/
