Guest guest Posted March 22, 2000 Report Share Posted March 22, 2000 D: Hi Paul. Thanks for answering my questions! Truly a pleasure reading what you had to say. >P: If I were to be aware, I would know about the Self. If I could know about >the Self, I could realize the Self. If the Self is already realized (which >can never be otherwise), then of what use is awareness? D: Useless awareness is the Universe ... :-) And of what use is it to talk about a Self that is always already realized? Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2000 Report Share Posted March 22, 2000 >At 12:10 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd >D: Useless awareness is the Universe ... :-) > And of what use is it to talk about a Self > that is always already realized? Wonderful. Shall we assume an identity and speak of 'self-importance'? oops... I hate it when that happens! :-) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2000 Report Share Posted March 22, 2000 At 08:05 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >Paul Misiunas <misiunas > > >At 12:10 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote: > >"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd > > >D: Useless awareness is the Universe ... :-) > > And of what use is it to talk about a Self > > that is always already realized? > >Wonderful. Shall we assume an identity and speak of 'self-importance'? >oops... > >I hate it when that happens! >:-) > >Paul There's no choice to be made. Love it or hate it - Pick a mask off the wall, to put over your mask, or take off the one that wasn't there. It just goes on and on. Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2000 Report Share Posted March 22, 2000 >>Paul: >>Wonderful. Shall we assume an identity and speak of 'self-importance'? >>oops... >> >>I hate it when that happens! >>:-) D: O.K. My self-importance is supremely important to me. Without any, what can I have? Without any, what importance could be projected onto others? Assuming someone who could assume an identity, I note: Even one instant of no self-importance would be the end of this universe. Just doodling with words, Paul :-) Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 >At 08:50 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote: >"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd Love the mask analogy. >D: O.K. My self-importance is supremely important > to me. Without any, what can I have? > Without any, what importance could be > projected onto others? What better way to 'gain' importance than to 'give' it to another? The marvel and magnitude of I! My arm is hurting from the pat on the back I so richly deserve. ahhhh.... Here, you try patting me on the back. ahhh, yes. Life is good. > Assuming someone who could assume an identity, I note: > > Even one instant of no self-importance > would be the end of this universe. > >Just doodling with words, Paul :-) With the beauty of expression wonders never cease. The nice thing about 'instant' is that the universe can be destroyed and/or created wherever and whenever we wish. The end of self-importance creates That. That 'creates' this. I could come and go and no one would be the wiser. (Now that's a funny pun!). Enjoying the 'doodle' of You. (without the pat :-) ) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 > >D: O.K. My self-importance is supremely important > > to me. Without any, what can I have? > > Without any, what importance could be > > projected onto others? > >What better way to 'gain' importance than to 'give' it to another? The >marvel and magnitude of I! My arm is hurting from the pat on the back I so >richly deserve. ahhhh.... Here, you try patting me on the back. ahhh, yes. >Life is good. D: One good pat deserves another, round and round it goes -- Play the game of pats, protect against those who try to steal pats, or who pat with claws ... :-) >P: With the beauty of expression wonders never cease. > >The nice thing about 'instant' is that the universe can be destroyed and/or >created wherever and whenever we wish. The end of self-importance creates >That. That 'creates' this. I could come and go and no one would be the >wiser. (Now that's a funny pun!). D: Funny! Is that you I saw coming and going out of the corner of my eye? Speak the word that destroys and creates the universe instantly. The word that annihilates understanding. The word that reveals everything. >Enjoying the 'doodle' of You. >(without the pat :-) ) D: Enjoying the humor of You. Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 At 10:22 AM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote: "Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd >D: One good pat deserves another, round and round it goes -- > Play the game of pats, protect against those who try to > steal pats, or who pat with claws ... :-) Self importance is great because without me there wouldn't be any! _I created self-importance!_ Who would dare to claw one such as I? >D: Funny! > Is that you I saw coming and going out > of the corner of my eye? > Speak the word that destroys > and creates the universe instantly. > The word that annihilates understanding. > The word that reveals everything. My Mexican Friend, Hey-seus, while working on his car one day, said: "I Am The Word". What more could be said? I was busy in the back and thought that I did not hear, so I said "What?". Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2000 Report Share Posted March 23, 2000 > >D: One good pat deserves another, round and round it goes -- > > Play the game of pats, protect against those who try to > > steal pats, or who pat with claws ... :-) > >Self importance is great because without me there wouldn't be any! >_I created self-importance!_ >Who would dare to claw one such as I? D: One of your creations, who believes that you are one of their creations, and that they are the one who created your self-importance. > >D: Funny! > > Is that you I saw coming and going out > > of the corner of my eye? > > Speak the word that destroys > > and creates the universe instantly. > > The word that annihilates understanding. > > The word that reveals everything. > >My Mexican Friend, Hey-seus, while working on his car one day, said: "I Am >The Word". >What more could be said? D: Hmmmm... "the Way, the Truth, the Life"? >I was busy in the back and thought that I did not hear, so I said "What?". D: Say, "Hey!" Say the Word and You'll be Free. Love, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2000 Report Share Posted March 24, 2000 >At 05:34 PM 3/23/00 -0500, you wrote: >"Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd >D: One of your creations, who believes that > you are one of their creations, and that they > are the one who created your self-importance. The blind leading the blind. Self-importance can see itself very clearly. As for the rest - well, glasses come in handy! (It's a different way of looking at these things on top of my nose.) - Without self-importance, I will never be right. > Say the Word and You'll be Free. "Halleluiah!" "If I cannot be captured, I cannot be free. If I am destroyed, I will gain new strength. If existence is banished, I alone will exist. Who am I?" - I remember growing up and enjoying these kinds of guessing games. I was never good at answering them, but I enjoyed them just the same. Roger defined "neti-neti" as 'not this, not this'. I see that it is not the question that must be answered, but it is the search itself. (not this, not that). I am paraphrasing this: "The Truth can only be referred to, never spoken of directly." I like that thought. This is completely off from the track we were on, but here it is anyway. Spirits soar with the Breath of us, Thanks for letting mine fly. :-) Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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