RES: remember the 'I' thought and seek its source

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Nisargadatta , " Silver " <silver wrote:

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> " So, if the I-thought is to be eliminated, who is that " I " ? Isnt

> the " I " , the source of the thought, the Self?? "

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> First, try as you might, you will never succeed in eliminating " the I-

> thought. " You speak of it as though it were something comparable to

> excrement that the body needs to eliminate! Rather, Ramana encourages

> you to retain that thought. Rather, he says, " ...one should never

> relinquish one's self. " Now, think about this: If the source of, the

..> root, of the I-thought is your Self, then eliminating that thought

> would require you to relinquish your self. Uprooting your self would

> kill you. I know, I know. Some will say, " But, I want to be uprooted!

> My ego must die! " People speak about the " death of ego " and weirdly

> get all excited over it, as if that were a good thing. It's a

> ridiculous idea. And not one person here who has ever written a

> single word on this white message board can prove to you that the

> death of ego is either possible or even a good thing. Because the

> moment they start writing, they have disqualified themselves as

> beings without ego. Their ego surfaces whenever they hit that 'Send'

> button in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. See it? of

> course you do! You'd be dead if you didn't. Or physically blind, in

> which case, you'd still be there, body-mind, to figure out how to hit

> that 'Send' button. So, forget the whole idea of " eliminating the I-

> thought. " Just live your life and enjoy it!!

>

> Silver

 

 

 

 

 

..........and when that fails......which it will.......

 

 

........perhaps the Understanding will percolate down through the

layers of opacity..........and you will stand out on the

open....naked....and fearless.

 

 

 

toombaru