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De-bunking my Ego.
10 years 5 months ago - 10 years 5 months ago #1422
by Gooseone
Although that could very well be how things work, you could ask yourself who it is that is using
this knowledge to explain ones experience here.
I am unaware as how you move about life, yet such contemplations can pave the way to detract
from any experience which is to be had, just like the saying of "there is no do-er" can be used as
an excuse to not do anything.
I think it was Ramana Maharshi who put it like:
"The world is illusion, Brahman alone is real, the world "is" Brahman"
Which sums it up nicely.
It's something which comes with the territory of trying to figure things out, eventually all
knowledge can become a hindrance and it is up to the ( seeming ) individual to take an
honest look at themselves and see if knowledge is used as a means to develop or as an
excuse to negate behaviour. I emphasize it because it seems quite common to do the latter.
Replied by Gooseone on topic Re: Only Ego can be offended.
SubsidingInsanity wrote:
Empirical evidence is the record of our direct observations. As we change what we observe by the mere act of observing it the "evidence" is nothing more than what we imagine. Hence, we experience our own dream. One of my favorite ACIM teachers once saidGooseone wrote: Any empirical evidence still needs to be interpreted by human awareness.
Perception = deception. The reason why the world seems real is because we take it all so seriously. Imagine the joy and relief when we realize that all the bad we thought we did, and all the horror we thought happened never really happened at all. Like the Prodigal Son who thought he deserved to be punished, God will only welcome us home.“It’s only a dream, you don’t have to worry. What you’re seeing is not true. It’s just something from your own unconscious mind, a projection that you’re viewing with your conscious mind and you made it up, and then you forgot that you made it up.”
Gary Renard, excerpt from the LEAP! movie
Although that could very well be how things work, you could ask yourself who it is that is using
this knowledge to explain ones experience here.
I am unaware as how you move about life, yet such contemplations can pave the way to detract
from any experience which is to be had, just like the saying of "there is no do-er" can be used as
an excuse to not do anything.
I think it was Ramana Maharshi who put it like:
"The world is illusion, Brahman alone is real, the world "is" Brahman"
Which sums it up nicely.
It's something which comes with the territory of trying to figure things out, eventually all
knowledge can become a hindrance and it is up to the ( seeming ) individual to take an
honest look at themselves and see if knowledge is used as a means to develop or as an
excuse to negate behaviour. I emphasize it because it seems quite common to do the latter.
Last edit: 10 years 5 months ago by Gooseone.
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10 years 5 months ago - 10 years 5 months ago #1423
by maguru
Where is the empirical evidence to show what you are proposing?
Just wondering why the concept of "Nothing is unaffected by the oberserver" is said in the negative.
Why is it not "Everything is affected by the observer?"
Replied by maguru on topic Re: Only Ego can be offended.
Empirical evidence is the record of our direct observations.
Where is the empirical evidence to show what you are proposing?
Just wondering why the concept of "Nothing is unaffected by the oberserver" is said in the negative.
Why is it not "Everything is affected by the observer?"
Last edit: 10 years 5 months ago by maguru.
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