THe Rope/Snake A Buddhist/Maharaj Refutation

[Guest guest]

>

> If I want to have a beer, then it is me who wants the beer, and

where

> the wanting is coming from is from reality itself. Then perhaps a

new

> want may arise that says that I should not drink so much beer, that

I

> must have a glass of water instead. And then there is a conflict

> between several wants. But this conflict is also a kind of

regulating

> factor so that there is some balance between wants. I cannot say

that

> I myself is the source of my wants; they arise depending on the

> situation and my past conditioning.

>

> /AL

 

So it is simply a competetion of conflicting tendencies, and the last

tendency standing is named 'a decision' and it is appropiated by

the 'I feeling.' And it's this 'I feeling' who feels powerless and

feels control is needed.

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <Pedsie2@a...> wrote:

>

> So it is simply a competetion of conflicting tendencies, and the

last

> tendency standing is named 'a decision' and it is appropiated by

> the 'I feeling.' And it's this 'I feeling' who feels powerless and

> feels control is needed.

 

Yes, the 'I feeling' contains the want to make the right choice, it

is the command center, the final judge. And since this judge can

never be absolutely sure that the choice is the right choice, it will

always feel inadequate. If the 'I feeling' expands to embrace the

total flow of life, then right choices will always be made.

 

" By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment

is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. " -- NT,

John 5:30

 

/AL