Hi Rod, Fudo, all My habit of repackaging things into self and other, makes me want to >still point and say THAT is me. Naturally the stuff I point at is >flattering, like I AM Life/ existence/ arising/ thinking/ observing/ >love/ curiosity/ hope etc.
Is this I AM necessary? What if we let the exalted I AM go? >This is attractive because I don't see death >much in those things, and thus it sounds like a nice place to hang my >hat (and also stroke my ego since I leave out the >death/non-existence/stillness/fear/apathy/defeat). Don't leave out the fear. :) When fear comes up, what is it? What's really going on there? Isn't it the fear of losing self? Fear of letting go? Isn't it just self-grasping that is not releasing? > I know I shouldn't >deliberately 'choose' where to hang my hat, and just let it work itself >out, but I feel trapped between resisting the egotistic but decadent >lure of being a personification of etneral >Arising/Bodhisattva/Buddha/God/etc. and the alternative of trying to >keep 'knowledge' of the impermanent nature of things in my wretching >gut. What is troublesome about impermanent things? What if we let go of them? Ian ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
