The Special Problem.

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Seeking what you already are is an insoluble problem. It's a problem

of lack of recognition. Easy to make when you have fallen into the

error of specialness. In this error you posit a special self above your

ordinary self, adorn it with the perfection you crave, such as

immortality, constant bliss etc. and give it a supernatural name

such as Atman, Soul, God etc.

 

Naming is a wonderful ability, this capacity of assigning names

to objects has made us humans, by manipulating such names

we created language, improved the ability to think and gave birth

to imagination. But with imagination comes the ability to name

things that are not there, such as a unicorn. And there has been

many explores who ranged far and wide in search of unicorns.

 

So how many unicorns have our ancestors created that we still

don't recognize as unicorns? Could atman, or soul be one such

unicorn we still seek?

 

A problem, simply stated is an imbalance between the way things

are and what you want. This obviously, creates unhappiness. On

the other hand, when there is perfect coincidence between what is

and what you want, there is perfect happiness. Maybe, perfect

happiness is what we call the atman. If this is so, we must see

the futility of creating special problems by seeking after empty

names, things that do not exist, and above all things we already are.

 

Pete