Hello Ed, Yes, it is the whole 'Original Sin' idea. You have to feel guilty for existing.
JODY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ED Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zen] EGO This 'hating oneself' - or others - is a very Judeo-Christian attitude that permeates our culture. This identification of the (non-existent?) self with our thoughts and feelings, like the smell of garlic, can be quite difficult to eliminate. And, of course, that's where zazen comes in handy. --ED --- In [email protected], "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <j...@...> wrote: > > Hello Mayka, > > I used to feel the same way. I actually hated myself. Then I was reading a > book by the Dalai Lama and he said that he found the whole concept of people > hating themselves to be so alien and he couldn't understand it at all. > > I started to really think about that and I realized how he was so right. I > was able to break through my own self hate and now I actually LIKE myself. > Of course, when you like yourself you like everyone around you a lot more > too. > > JODY ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
