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

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Nisargadatta , " toombaru2006 " <lastrain

wrote:

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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

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

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

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

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

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> toombaru

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See? It's gibberish like that which sounds really deep but, in

reality, it means crap. Live your life and enjoy it. Your body-mind

doesn't care whether or not you " Understand. " You can either sit in

the coffee machine all day and percolate for an eternity or you can

pour yourself into Life, openly (go naked if that's your thing), and

fearlessly.

 

Silver