Guest guest Posted November 20, 1999 Report Share Posted November 20, 1999 Dear Ed, At 03:46 PM 11/19/99 -0800, you wrote: >EDTipple <edtipple > >Dear Tim, > >You say the mind seems to enjoy the excitement of argumentation, but >don't you think a lot of it is that I know what I think and it is right >for me (at the moment), so if I don't understand what you are saying, >you must be wrong? The point is that there is no right or wrong. These are dualities, and the mind creates dualities artificially when in reality there are none. So argumentation itself is a foolish behavior, because it's based on the necessity of there being a duality, and Advaita means *nonduality*. " Right, " " wrong, " " good, " " bad, " all these are dualities and are purely illusions. The goal is to get rid of all these ideas, because they create conflict, and conflict creates suffering. >There is also the ego's necessity to be on a higher >rung on the ladder: if I can prove you wrong, that makes me wiser. But, >oh yes, the final answer is to transcend this mind altogether. Oh yes, that is indeed the final answer. But in the meantime, it doesn't hurt to avoid indulging it. Sense pleasures for their own sake are best avoided for the same reason: they tend to encourage the sense " I am the body " and promote ignorance. For the same reason, saying " I am right and you are wrong " (or vice versa) tends to encourage the sense " I am the mind. " HariH OM, Tim ----- " Open mind, open heart, tolerance of all viewpoints " Visit " The Core " Website at http://coresite.cjb.net - Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Tim's other pages are at http://core.vdirect.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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