the Identity

[Guest guest]

http://members.tripod.com/~rmclb/jan99.htm

 

.......While setting aside some time for self-enquiry one must guard

against two possible problems in attitude. First, that since one has

given some time to it, one can forget about self-enquiry for the rest

of the day. This would be defeating the very meaning of the pursuit.

For self-enquiry is an attitude of doubt about ones nature. Would it

not be absurd to doubt ourselves, question the validity of identity

for five minutes or half-an-hour and then work the rest of the day as

if that very identity is perfectly valid? Indeed it would. The

purpose of few minutes of specific enquiry is not that it is an end

in itself, but that it should serve as a pace-setter for the rest of

the day. The other possible problem while setting aside time for

enquiry is that one believes the identity will be intact at the end

of the time. That is, one is seeking to do the enquiry itself with

the identity remaining intact. This is again a fallacy. How is it

possible? Hence, though one may set aside five or fifty minutes,

thought about that time, thoughts of the practice and one who

practices should certainly be questioned when they occur.

[Guest guest]

Jim,

Three chapters from Be As You Are, by David Godman are in our files

section. They specifically focus on self-enquiry, the theory,

misconceptions, and practice.

 

-Gloria

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jim rich

(AT) (DOT) .com

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:08 AM

the Identity

http://members.tripod..com/~rmclb/jan99.htm.......While setting aside

some time for self-enquiry one must guard against two possible

problems in attitude.

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