--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > [Quote from Wikipedia] > > > The word "corporation" derives from the Latin corpus (body), > > > representing a "body of people"; that is, a group of people > > > authorized to act as an individual (Oxford English Dictionary). > > > > At the risk of being dubbed schizophrenic (as well as hopelessly > > disconnected) by anonymousff, I think it's interesting that not only > > is a corporation (legally) an individual, but an individual is also > > (really) a corporation -- as may become more and more evident along > > certain lines of consciousness exploration :-) > > I'll jump on this one, Rory. :-) > > Given some of the things I've studied and the weird > people who have taught those things to me, I'm always > surprised when long-time spiritual seekers say that > they have a "self." It's not the use of the word to > distinguish between self and Self that gets me; it's > the assumption that there is only *one* of them, that > they have only *one* personality or self-structure. > > Another viable way of seeing the situation is that > each of us has millions of "selves," all Maya, none > of them with any more substance than a mask at a > costume ball. We put them on for the occasion and > we take them off when another occasion arises. At > times, the hard-boiled, cynical "self" is appropriate, > and we "wear" it. At other times, the loving, com- > passionate "self" is appropriate, and we wear that > one for a while. > > It's all a way of talking, of trying to describe a > situation that doesn't even really exist :-), but I'm > more comfortable with the idea that each of us has > a myriad of selves than I am with the idea that we > only have one. As Walt Whitman said, "I contain > multitudes." And that doesn't necessarily mean that > I suffer from so-called multiple personality disorder, > merely that I'm human. > Yes, nicely put. And evident on so many levels or from so many angles -- a multitude of archetypes; an ocean of waves that rise and subside; an "elevator-shaft" of chakra-deities; an Archangel-choir of Angels; an infinity of cells and atoms, each with its own consciousness and song; an embodiment of all the stars; an embrace of all that is, and so on. As to the Self, maybe it comes down to whether one emphasizes the "wave" (ocean) or the "particles" (waves), or then again, maybe not. Maybe we once again come up against the slippery and paradoxical nature of "Brahman" not only inside-outside, self-other, absolute-relative, lively-still, empty- full, but also many-one :-)
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