Beginner Mind
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Why is ignorance the case? Why have we forgotten Ourself?
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1 hour ago, winterknight said:Here's another way of putting it: can you simply drop all thought? What if you simply refused to pay attention to any thought? Every time a thought comes up, just let it go.
Might be a worthwhile experiment in surrender. What if you tried it for 30 days?
Is relinquishment of thought an alternative path to the Self?
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11 minutes ago, winterknight said:Of course. The Self is the negation of suffering and the destruction of the pain of existential questions. It is the annihilation of a lack of peace, of ignorance, of fear, of constriction, of a sense of being incomplete and empty, of the pain of effort. That good enough?
Yes, I'd say that's worth pursuing. Thanks.
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What are the qualities of the Self? I can hear you say "The Self is beyond qualities". But surely, there must be something that can be said of the Self that makes it worthy of pursuing...?
in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Not to harp on this, but, I can assure you I have no direct experience of being anything other than a human being. Can you elaborate on how ignorance isn't the case?