--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This post brings up a major difference from my view and what seems to > be fairly common in spiritual POVs. It centers on the conception of > "ego" (rebellious or not) and its value in our lives. Rory your > characterization of personal ego seems fraught with distrust as if it > is an errant child or worse devil, when if fact this concept is > describing as an aspect of our core identity. Let's put aside the > fact that for many here there is a cosmic Self that is touted as our > "true" nature. We wont get very far with that side of the discussion > because I have already said that, although I have had the experiences > that I believe support this POV, I do not share the interpretation of > what these experiences mean. <snip>
(Back for a moment) No argument here, either -- IMO *no* experience means much of anything; the key is to realize we "bigger" than that; we are the container of all of them; and of all of it :-) (Thanks again -- later!)
