Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 The Heart of the Confusion is that man has a Sense of Self which seems to Him to be Continious and Solid.When a Thought or Emotion or event Occurs,there is a Sense of Someone Being Conscious of what is Happening.You Sense that You are Reading these Words. This Sense of Self is actually a Transitory,discontinious Event,which in Our Confusion seems to be quite Solid and Continious.Since We Take our Confused View as being Real,We Struggle to Maintain and Enhance this solid I Am. We try and Feed it Pleasures and Shield it from Pain.Experience continually threatens to Reveal our Transitoriness to Us,but alas,We Struggle to Cover up any Possibility of Discovering our Real Condition."But",We might Ask,"If Our Real Condition is the Awakened State,why are We so Busy trying to Aviod Being Aware of it? It is because We Become so Absorbed in Our Confused State of the World,that we Consider it Real,the only Possible World.This Struggle to Maintain the Sense of a Solid,Continious Self is the Action of Ego. Ego,however,is only partially successful in sheilding us from pain.It is the dissatisfaction which accompanies egos struggle that inspires us to examine what we are doing.Since there are always gaps in our self consciousness,insight is possible. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 28, 2002 Report Share Posted January 28, 2002 Thank you wakeinbliss. And welcome back. I hope you can stay longer this time before proceeding through another of your adventure. Om ParaShaktiye Namaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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