Comments on The Peaceful Self.com: Veteran of a Thousand Psychic Wars

Hey Davidya, Sorry i'm a little slow on the uptak...

2009-04-16T16:06:00.000-04:00

Hey Davidya,

Sorry i'm a little slow on the uptake here. To many things goin on.

Masquerading as self? but you are a self, And not. And it is illusion. And not.

Isn't that the paradox?

Thanks for commenting!
mikeS

Quite right, Mike. Ego is a tricky bugger. I can r...

2009-04-09T00:05:00.000-04:00

Quite right, Mike. Ego is a tricky bugger. I can recall once when I realized ego was masquerading as Self. A shapeshifting trickster that uses the power of mind to create any reality. It may even convince us to destroy the body for it's own longevity.

That points to the challenge of loosing it. It's been with us a long time. But as we grow our connection to source, it gradually overshadows the mind until one day, the illusion bubble "pops".

Kaushik,So true. And what we chase is already know...

2009-04-05T20:46:00.000-04:00

Kaushik,

So true. And what we chase is already known, since if we did not 'contain' the information already, why would we resonate with what the teachers teaches, thereby, asserting his/her right to teach?

Thanks,
mikeS

It's interesting--I just wrote about this. "Howeve...

2009-04-05T16:24:00.000-04:00

It's interesting--I just wrote about this. "However, the real insanity of all this is that you believe that if you enlist and cooperate in the ego’s cause..." The ego fully cooperates in process, and it quickly hijacks the intention, and probably this is why so many of us chase spirituality and traditions and teachers--just more madness.