--- e7carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> As I understand one create the concept of I, me and
> mine (ego) as a
> separated entity because it feels that way, ego
> makes its identity by
> attaching to things,other concepts and whatever
> comes into contact
> with the intellect,
The erroneous concept of separate self stems from
ignorance (avidya). Ignorance is beginningless, and as
such, has no reason for arising. If ignorance had a
beginning, we could identify the factor that came
before ignorance as being its reason d'etre, and than
that factor would be the primary link in the chain of
dependent origination (pratitya samutpada).
However, there isn't anything that's preceding
ignorance (neither in time, nor conceptually).
> so working towards the
> dettachment of de elements
> of is identity (buddhist practice) one is actually
> working towards the
> disolution of self (ego) because ego "is" that
> identity,
No, one is actually working towards correcting the
error. The act of correcting the error is called
shunyata.
Once the error gets corrected, any notion of ego, of
separate personhood and self simply evaporates, as if
it never ever was even noticeable.
> as I
> understand to dettach from these elements of
> identity is very hard
> that is why we sit in meditation,
Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch, said: "Ultimate
realization has to do with correctly aligning one's
mind. It has nothing to do with sitting."
> In my case with respect to the attachment to the
> shop ,meaning, "I am
> it" is very strong and this ego looks as if it wants
> a total
> explanation as why I am not going to be carlos the
> man in the shop
> anymore. or I am a coward that can not trow
> everything away, but when
> I am at the shop it realy feels as if it is home.
If you muster the courage and get rid of the shop,
that will not mean that you've gotten rid of the
attachments. The ego will quickly find something else
to latch on to. The ego is ingenious that way, in that
it always quickly finds its comfort zones (even in the
most disastrous circumstances).
What you need to do is get rid of the ego, not of the
things it attaches to. Cure the cause, not the
symptoms.
Alex
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