...substitutes for this understanding, no short cuts. Very similarly, many people come to...s view, the understanding of the ego is the foundation of Buddhism. ...condemning or attempting to eliminate our ego-psychology; we are purely acknowledging it... get quite violent attacking the Ego. But the sense of self ...> of the monkey as a metaphor for the development of the ego and the discovery ...

... for this understanding, no short cuts. In Trungpa's view, the ... or attempting to eliminate our ego-psychology; we are purely acknowledging it...that gradually gives rise to the ego. The basic ground is consciousness, ... the divine energy moves down through the Supernals towards manifestation. "Then ... the disorganized and scattered development of ego." Then we come to ...

...the monkey. Tibetan literature is replete with tales of the monkey as a metaphor for the development of the ego and the discovery of the awakened state. The problem the monkey faces in escaping from the ...human beings, ghosts, and demons inhabit the realms and Monkey must pass through them all. It's going to be quite an exciting adventure, even ...

...substitutes for this understanding, no short cuts. In Trungpa's view, the understanding... or attempting to eliminate our ego-psychology; we are purely acknowledging it... gradually gives rise to the ego. The basic ground is consciousness, ... the divine energy moves down through the Supernals towards manifestation. "Then ... the disorganized and scattered development of ego." Then we come to ...

...Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:9ef22840-e786-4c2e-9039-a2b5aa26fa22@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... On Feb 15, 9:40 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:75cca85e-e128-40d3-be25-f5c21ad09acc@s19g2000prg....

..." <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:9ef22840-e786-4c2e-9039-a2b5aa26fa22@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... On Feb 15, 9:40 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:75cca85e-e128-40d3-be25-f5c21ad09acc@s19g2000prg....

... <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:9ef22840-e786-4c2e-9039-a2b5aa26fa22@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... On Feb 15, 9:40 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:75cca85e-e128-40d3-be25-f5c21ad09acc@s19g2000prg.googlegroups...

"Erwin Hessle" <erwin@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:9ef22840-e786-4c2e-9039-a2b5aa26fa22@q78g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... On Feb 15, 9:40 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:75cca85e-e128-40d3-be25-f5c21ad09acc@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com... On Feb 15, 5:47 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@...

On Feb 15, 9:40 pm, "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONo...@comcast.net> wrote: "Erwin Hessle" <er...@erwinhessle.com> wrote in message news:75cca85e-e128-40d3-..., or outgunned. If you are, you're toast. It's extremely short-sighted to try to bully your way through life that way. Yet again you fail to see the point because you allow your ludicrous fantasies about the nature of the universe ...

... you're paying attention to pictures in your head. So it's only *your* choices that are conscious? Everybody else is just a puppet? If you act that way in a pub, you'd better be sure you're the toughest guy in the joint and you're not outnumbered, outflanked, or outgunned. If you are, you're toast. It's extremely short-sighted to try to bully your way through life that way.