On Jun 14, 2007, at 12:31 PM, OrionWorks wrote:
The problem is that we tend to identify our sense of identity (who we really think we are) with our personal thoughts and emotions. The suggestion I was trying to make here is that its possible to acquire a more accurate perception of who or what they really are when we give ourselves permission to step back - and simply observe the nature of our own thoughts and emotions which are constantly running through our line of perception like monkeys jumping from tree branch to tree branch. This is what is called transcendence. But most of us tend to identify our sense of identity with our personal thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. We take positions on this and that issue. Meanwhile others invariably take the opposite position. This eventually leads to struggle and disappointment when things don't go according to plan... and they eventually will. Everything eventually changes.
All true. Yet ... I still have to wonder, if you are not conscious, where are *you*.
Regards, Horace Heffner
