Guest guest Posted May 21, 1999 Report Share Posted May 21, 1999 At 09:50 PM 5/20/99 -0600, you wrote: >Jelke Wispelwey <wispj >It is this last idea, 'I am this body', that has to go as it is based on >a lie, THE lie we all live under. Absolutely. >The body, by itself, is UNconscious >thus cannot possibly say 'I'. Nothing can be unconscious, as everything is "made of" consciousness. However, artificial identification between our true nature (I AM, Brahman, ALL of consciousness) and a "part" of it (the body) creates major duality and subsequent problems. Once again, I think I've expressed this terribly poorly (it's 2 AM, I'm quitting smoking <again> and the thoughts aren't terribly coherent). >It is the 'I'(consciousness) that says: 'I >am this body'. Who or what IS this 'I' Really? Dunno... Vedantists call it "Brahman," Buddhists call it "Buddha nature." It is indescribable in words. I could make a couple attempts, though... * "Universes within universes within universes" * Formless, timeless eternal consciousness * Infinite Reality * Everything that is * Everything that is, was, or ever will be * The single, eternal, timeless FACT How'd I do :-) I'm a mess for the next week or so 'til the nicotine is out of my system. Smoking is not an easy thing to "detach" from. Hari OM, Tim ----- Visit The Core of the WWW at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/ND/index.html Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Tim's Windows and DOS Shareware/Freeware is at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/shareware.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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