--- Robert Gimbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does the self fear Most?- > The small self, or egoic self, fears most, it's own > death. > It's own death arrives, at the moment the intellect > decides to give up > trying to figure it all out, and becomes > 'Transclucent'. > Therefore, the small self, ego, dies, to itself, it > no longer exists. > Poof, like it never really existed in the first > place. > In it's place is the awareness that replaces the > ego. > So, the ego is no longer identified, or empowered or > even consulted. > It's the death of the ego. > When Jesus said, something about being born again: > I believe he was making this point, of transcending > the ego. > So, you can see, that transcending the ego, has > never been a small or > an easy thing, through time. > But, now, things are changing, changing, it seems.
I would only add that giving-up trying to figure it out is only a first step, for many, in the dissolution of the ego. Once the intellect is not used to defend and position the ego there is still a very deep and foundational identification of pure consciousness called the Ahamkara or I-thought. This is the foundation of avidya or ignorance. It is the experiential sense of individuality. This individuality as is a delusion of the greatest magnitude. It is an artifact of the projection and identification of pure consciousness with space/time boundaries. > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC
