Guest guest Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 D. How am I to eradicate it [ the I-am-the-body idea] ? Maharshi - You exist in susupti [ deep sleep] without being associated with the body and mind, but in the other two states you are associated with them. If you were one with the body , how could you exist without the body in susupti ? You can separate yourself from what is external to you but not from that which is one with you. Hence the ego cannot be one with the body. This must be realized in the waking state. The three states are studied in order to gain this knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 "Hence the ego can not be one with the body": Should it not say: Hence the Self can not be one with the body"? viorica w <viorica wrote: D. How am I to eradicate it [ the I-am-the-body idea] ? Maharshi - You exist in susupti [ deep sleep] without being associated with the body and mind, but in the other two states you are associated with them. If you were one with the body , how could you exist without the body in susupti ? You can separate yourself from what is external to you but not from that which is one with you. Hence the ego cannot be one with the body. This must be realized in the waking state. The three states are studied in order to gain this knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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