Guest guest Posted June 30, 2001 Report Share Posted June 30, 2001 , "jb" <kvy9@l...> wrote: > Ramana repeatedly emphasized something like "I am not the body" - > aimed at some, only for reasons of detachment from it. > And because feelings can be quite overpowering, remarks like > "the body is an insentient log"... The NT uses the terminology of > dying - first death, there is no such "thing" as "I" > second death, that of the sentient entity, the potential to feel > and then, the phrase "the body is an insentient log" applies. What is "NT" referring to? The memory does arise of a mention about "two deaths" -- seeming relating to the conceptual system of "layers of an onion" also discussed. For some, it might help to replace 'old concepts' with 'new concepts', for others -- only vasanas spontaneously (automatically) 'burning off' (relatively speaking, since " " is free of vasanas already). > Yet it is the Self too and body, "feeling" as empty space, > that is quite impressive, to use an understatement, and beyond > imagination. Anything 'real' is beyond imagination. To label something 'impressive' however... despite the dictionary definition, "impressive" suggests "mental impressions" or "making an impression." Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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