| Re: taoism and gnostic exegetical acrobatics |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: TomTom Date: Aug 23, 2008 08:20
"Bassos" wrote in message
news:48af2161$0$194$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
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> "Tom" comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:EuudnbCug6JohzLVnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@comcast.com...>>> On Aug 22, 1:58?pm, "Searles O'Dubhain"
>>> wrote:
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>>>>> Here you demonstrate the main problem people have with the deliberate
>>>>> induction of transcendent experiences. ?They stop to admire
>>>>> themselves
>>>>> doing it and that short-circuits the whole thing.
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>>>> Ego is the enemy.>>
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>>> where'd ego?
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>> Ewent thataway.
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>> But get him a good lawyer, 'cause it's a bum rap. Ego isn't the enemy.
>> Only ego believes there's an enemy. That's its job.
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> Is it ?
Yes.
> Ego has a job ?
Of course.
> I thought it was just the sense of continuity in experiences.
It's not that simple. Ego is an amplified organic survival mechanism.
> Learn something everyday i guess.
One can only hope.
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