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Are not each of us "editing" by virtue of the fact that the concepts we proclaim are through our individual, already edited, minds? In that case, even the transcription of Jesus's words were edited, by those who recorded them. Indeed, scholars, who are also Christian, are coming increasing...

Well, I have decided just to talk to myself. I received a generous and heartfelt response privately, for which I am most grateful. One of the suggestions contained therein suggested that perhaps I ought to write a book myself! That's a thought - so I figure I'll just let my train of thought run here...

I am struggling with the insanity of treating an aged parent as though he were capable, and sane, when in fact, there are moments when nothing parses, and I am talking to an empty mind. I recall Gurdjieff stating that most of us are "multiple I's", meaning we shift about from one identity ...

This forum ought to have sub-categories - you know, where you pick the person you are responding to, and the response follows a sub-paragraph beneath it.....! Well, anyway, this is to respond to Shh's report of panic attacks after experiencing a "loss of self-identity". Were you taking mar...

I too went to the link - this is a Course in Miracles site. Some writings by a follower of the Course. Reads nicely enough, but sounds to me like someone who has decided that "his way is the only way". Whenever I bump into "its my way or none at all" I get nervous. It always asto...

But in this process, you must get rid of the identity itself. If you really find out what you are, you will see that you are not an individual, you are not a person, you are not a body. And people who cling to their body identity are not fit for this knowledge. A propos to That I am's quote, we had...

"The real does not die, the unreal never lived. Once you know that death happens to the body and not to you, you just watch your body falling off like a discarded garment. The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive as long as it is needed. It is not important tha...

Neo, I agree with your applause! It is lovely when folks talk to one another and work it out. Funny, how obvious that is, and yet how rarely folks are willing to be vulnerable enough to do so.

And Bhakti - one small step for mankind! Thank you for making the world a little sweeter!

I think people who pursue pain are not necessarily pursuing pain for the sake of the pain, but rather it is a case of pursuing continuity of consciousness - and in order to maintain that apparent continuity, the ego will use whatever experience is necessary to continue the consciousness, even if it ...

Ah, yes, to be devoid of identity with the body. Of course, to do that, you have to NOT want to identify with it, and that is a hard habit to give up. There was a time when the mere idea of that idea terrified me - I realize now that the terror was generated by the very idea itself, in order to prol...

Deutero:

I realize by interjecting God into this, we are dredging up all sorts of conditioning and presumptions - but if you strip God down to its basic function, I think it might apply, no?

Yes, I agree, being-ness is "loving to be", the very foundation of what we are and why we are. Can we then say that for those who like the word God, that that is what God is and why God is?

Hey there, so you're still with us? Nice. Fear of dying.....such a heady subject. Funny, though, because we all die, you would think we wouldn't be so afraid considering that it is inevitable. In my own personal opinion, I think we are afraid of dying for two reasons. First, it is built into the gen...

Hi Curious: Nice name. I agree with you - folks seem to be afraid of admitting loneliness - not to mention experiencing it. That might explain our obsession with drugs, pills, entertainment, and anything else that distracts us from being quiet and dealing with the discomfort of feeling lonely. But I...