tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post152955136666030135..comments2009-01-28T13:05:03.860-05:00mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-26382133114418147272009-01-28T13:05:00.000-05:002009-01-28T13:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for commenting.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to respond to your comment in a post. so feel free to continue the dialogue later.<BR/><BR/>Once again thanks for your excellent comments. Everything is grist for the mill in this game.<BR/><BR/>mikeSMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-59419818234555350902009-01-28T12:18:00.000-05:002009-01-28T12:18:00.000-05:00Several problems with your post:<BR/><BR/>1. You're dismissing all spiritual masters as false, just because egos can relate to them egoically. That is just what egos do, and doesn't necessarily say anything one way or the other about the spiritual masters and the genuineness of their offering.<BR/><BR/>2. You're shooting down all "awakening" processes, without offering any constructive alternative for realizing egolessness.<BR/><BR/>3. You're falling into typical trap a lot of people who READ a lot about "nonduality" fall into: the notion that words, ideas, or conceptualization alone is the problem, and therefore a different conceptualization should be the solution. Whereas what may be required is not merely a change of mind but a change of action: actively countering the egoic habits of this lifetime (and possibly many before) that otherwise our binding attention and energy and obscuring realization. Maya is not just a conceptual mistake. Ego is not just an idea. It's a pattern of behaviors that keep one identified with the body and mind. No undoing of that false identification is possible through just thinking differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com