thanks victor, i play handball very competitively and this is so true. now if i can just do as i think--------wow!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 7:00 PM Subject: the self (njc)
> From "The Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan > Buddhism" by Reginald A. Ray (c) 2000 Shambala Publications, Inc. "Through > the methods of Tantric meditation, one's usual, habitual, ego-centered > patterns of body, speech, and mind are temporarily replaced by patterns > of non-ego or enlightened body, speech, and mind of a Buddha. This > destabilizes our ego's mechanisms. The ego's usual "total lock" on > experience is disrupted. One begins to become more and more uncertain > about who one is or what one is doing. This provides gaps in the ego's > shell, and the Buddha-nature can begin to shine through. The more it > shines through, the more shaky and impotent the ego becomes. The more > ego-centered conciousness begins to dissolve, the stronger the light of > the Buddha-nature becomes. It is a process that accelerates the further > it goes along." --- Victor Johnson--- [EMAIL PROTECTED]"Roses > wait for the springtime,They sleep beneath the ground.They hear March > winds a callin'For the sun to come around."vlj Visit > http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson
