Tony/attempt to end the "false self"

[Guest guest]

>Tony:

>[snip] In the end the greatest conceit and deceit of the Ego

>is that it can gain its own Moksha. This very

>intellectualising sustains one in the sea of Samsara.

 

Dan: Dear Tony -

The "false self" that wants its own independent

existence (and sometimes claims to want its own

demise) isn't really capable of wanting

anything, since it never has an independent

existence. All kinds of efforts can represent

an attempt to make an "appearance" into a "reality".

Intellectualizing is one such effort - but there

are many, many. Another such effort can be criticizing

the unreal self for various problems its supposedly "has".

Regardless, there is no self making any of

these efforts - it's an appearance and

thus can only appear to try to be something and

have something. There's no prescription for

ending or killing an unreal self - therefore it is

sometimes said, "simply rest in the True Nature

of Original Mind." (or Original Being, or Original Self, etc.)

>T: It is not really intellectualising for it is in the

>Manomayakosa. There are only a few real intellectuals

>on the planet. Those with purified Buddhis. In my

>belief anyway.

 

D: What else can we do on an e-mail forum but share

our beliefs, observations, and verbal descriptions?

We're all in the same boat as far as that goes :-)

Love,

Dan

[Guest guest]

Danji, can you repost your note..."I hold no head above mine.." I have been

missing it. Thanks.

 

Love

Harsha