Guest guest Posted October 14, 1999 Report Share Posted October 14, 1999 >Glo: ><snip> However, when people have these nice >theoretical and philosophical discussions and speak of casually tossing >their egos aside, I do wonder if they have ever actually FELT the tenacity >of this will to survive, the self-preservation instinct under peril, or in >opposition to some other strong desire. I don't easily forget that this >program is running silently in the background, its built into the hard >drive, and is affecting us more than we may be consciously aware. Dan: Amen. Amen again. A chorus of amens. Much much more than we are consciously aware. It resurfaces in very subtle forms at times. Needs to be looked into very carefully, with clear awareness. Yes, I *would* view it as the desire to continue! ...and associated with that I'd see many related desires: to have, to be important, to achieve, to gain, to be significant, to know something meaningful, and so on. Please let's not forget to look at the desire to have achieved enlightenment, the desire to have no more desire, the desire to know one will continue with God, in nirvana, with special knowledge, with satori, etc. Instant to instant there is the wish to continue. It lights up the whole "show". Along with the wish is the belief that there is continuity. Yes, there *is* a death in looking into this. And then increasingly there is dying. What is it to see through all of it, the whole show, to see how all of it is lit by desire, to then see what it is with nothing continued? When desire, instead of lighting everything else, lights only its own "essence"? For me, this is the question that arises as I say "amen". Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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