tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post3924593308508255413..comments2023-10-24T09:51:27.658-04:00Comments on The Peaceful Self.com: The Betrayal of False Choicesmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-68450409074713288582011-05-11T06:22:28.799-04:002011-05-11T06:22:28.799-04:00Arpita,
"choosing not to choose - is still a...Arpita,<br /><br />"choosing not to choose - is still a choice.<br /><br />Indeed, although there may come a time when "you" are not the one choosing.<br /><br />"rather - we come through to freedom THROUGH the ego... and not only that - the only way to access lasting freedom is for the ego to be healthy and mature."<br /><br />Does normalizing bodily limits and containment make an ego "healthy and mature"? Unfortunately, I've never been very able to accept that situation, which makes me a very dysfunctional and unhealthy ego.<br /><br />Never could get this "freedom" thing. Seems like an ego simply justifying its limitations as actual "freedom," when in fact, it suffers through its own imprisonment everyday.<br /><br />Oh well...<br />mikeSmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-18220917649851430832011-05-10T15:26:33.429-04:002011-05-10T15:26:33.429-04:00umm... i think mostly i am locked in a prison of m...umm... i think mostly i am locked in a prison of my own mind.<br /><br />choosing not to choose - is still a choice.<br /><br />... and i think that it is possible to recognize moments of freedom... when the shackles slip off in the presence of surprise - or simple clarity... then upon recognition - usually marks the moment of unconscious reshackling...<br /><br />but still, in the face of freedom - when it is stabilized - there are still choices... but many many many more choices... unlimitted choices because the judgement around them all has fallen away.<br /><br />i think though this sort of freedom - must be coupled with wisdom. because we are not like wee babies that are unfamiliar with the notion of self and relationships. <br />rather - we come through to freedom THROUGH the ego... and not only that - the only way to access lasting freedom is for the ego to be healthy and mature.<br /><br />the recognition of freedom arises out of causes and conditions - that is - many choices of ourselves and countless people in the past and present that has set up a particular way of communication, of understanding, of perception. and only then - there becomes an awareness of the possibility of experiencing this freedom you allude to. <br /><br />so, in that way, freedom is not separate from causes and conditions and choices.<br /><br />while recognizing freedom, one can be aware that a lot of other individuals may benefit from our freedom - through our specific choices. so we are free with unlimitted choices - not so much on our own behalf - but we are free on behalf of the whole huge story of causes and conditions. <br /><br />so - we can move, with a blend of discrimination (making choices) and freedom.<br /><br />maybe then creating causes and conditions for others to recognize freedom.<br /><br />don't know if i care to label this "truth".<br />but, in any case - that's my two cents worth.arpitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104673218514262727noreply@blogger.com