---the people you mention - living in cages. They should practice TM regularly and buy all the CD's & DVD's relating to Ramana Maharshi from http://www.arunachala.org What do you suggest....some type of mood-making to grok "I'm out of the cage, out of the cage, out of the cage....."? i.e. a reorientation of one's thinking to consider that "one" is not in the cage. But if the person still thought he was in the cage, could he/she get Enlightened anyway?
In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > I don't view the ego in the way you seem to be using it and > > > losing my personality is not a goal for me. > > > > As I understand it, enlightenment doesn't mean > > "losing" one's personality, only the attachment > > to and identification with it. The personality > > remains as it was. > > > Almost exactly. The personality is much more enjoyable "in" > enlightenment because we can be precise with it, nothing hidden. And > all of its attributes are there, all shiny and available. We also > have full control of it-- not that we want to act phony, but rather > we can choose to be exactly the very best of ourselves, more > powerful, more fun, more everything. Jai Guru Dev. Om Shiva. > > All it takes is giving up everything (lol), and it all comes back > ten-thousand fold (lol x 10,000). > > Its funny to see some here twisting themselves this way and that, > with elaborate explanations and such strident voices that keep them > from being free. Holding on to the bars of their cages as one poster > said about himself, so that they can continue the only life they > have ever known. What do you do about such people? What do you say > to them, when they are living such lives of frozen fear? Nothing > much to say, and just go on with life, seeing right through them. :- ) >
