tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post6144965259974045306..comments2023-10-24T09:51:27.658-04:00Comments on The Peaceful Self.com: Just Do What "You" Are Toldmikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-2580823192968733932011-05-31T13:00:12.199-04:002011-05-31T13:00:12.199-04:00I don't think it is a matter of right or wrong...I don't think it is a matter of right or wrong, Mike, or even religio-spiritual belief. Is there a space where ego is not (besides physical death)? If one seeks to interpret a transcendent experience, then it becomes convoluted, as it were, by ego scripts...just as the ecstasy of Saints were interpreted to align with already established beliefs...so the transcendent moment was washed away by egoic ink blots.<br /><br />I do think the 'Dark Night of the Soul' archetype is a very real experience/perspective, but like Tolle with his Dark Night psychotic breakdown...he felt a need to interpret and communicate an amalgamation of notions about "what it means" and you see the ego bleeding through like a slow leak. Isn't that where it just all gets messed up? A good example, at any rate. <br /><br />I wonder if allowing Mystery...in the transcendent sense...is more free than binding it into philosophies. Once it is formulated, well, then the ego goes all awry. <br /><br />Blessings of the Summer Days~<br />NahnniNahnninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-61062276061723301752011-05-30T07:21:17.490-04:002011-05-30T07:21:17.490-04:00Nahnni,
Yes, the "Dark Night" archetype...Nahnni,<br /><br />Yes, the "Dark Night" archetype seems at play here. The ego seems to believe it must allow itself to get shocked out of itself. Seem us egos have to do everything the hard way and all religio-spiritual belief systems subscribe to the "rings of fire' process. I wrote a post somewhere about humanity's current attempt to burn through those rings as a collective.<br /><br />At least, so it seems...<br /><br />but I could be wrong..<br />mikeSmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-14639051655113170042011-05-29T19:23:35.356-04:002011-05-29T19:23:35.356-04:00In a recent interview with a psychiatrist who stud...In a recent interview with a psychiatrist who studies NDE reports/experiences, it was mentioned that the most significant number of spontaneous transcendant experiences/events (not necessarily NDE) appear to arise after a trauma to the ego of one sort or another.<br /><br />~*NahnniNahnninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-26185717813614725502011-05-27T20:40:05.423-04:002011-05-27T20:40:05.423-04:00"Hi Mike, what do you think about taking dire..."Hi Mike, what do you think about taking direction from those who do 'know what they are'? Isn't that beneficial, potentially, insofar as pointing people towards seeing it themselves? That seems like an option too."<br /><br />Indeed, that has always been an option. However, the difficulty rests upon the ego-self that must judge if the claim of "knowing' is accurate.<br />Unfortunately, ego has never been a good judge of accuracy. But then...<br /><br />...how could it?<br /><br />Thanks, <br />mikeSmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-5481118622748983462011-05-27T20:36:44.073-04:002011-05-27T20:36:44.073-04:00Thanks No One,
And yes, it's all about provok...Thanks No One,<br /><br />And yes, it's all about provoking thought to be different.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978313265796058909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-44963433189741289562011-05-27T14:10:55.970-04:002011-05-27T14:10:55.970-04:00"Those who fail to KNOW what they ARE, can on..."Those who fail to KNOW what they ARE, can only accept direction from those who are deluded into believing they ARE what they are NOT. "<br /><br />Hi Mike, what do you think about taking direction from those who do 'know what they are'? Isn't that beneficial, potentially, insofar as pointing people towards seeing it themselves? That seems like an option too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719024566754743654.post-13736503662539633932011-05-27T11:50:13.506-04:002011-05-27T11:50:13.506-04:00Nice one Mike. Very thought provoking.Nice one Mike. Very thought provoking.No One In Particularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465987207757191972noreply@blogger.com