Guest guest Report post Posted February 18, 1999 In a message dated 2/16/99 11:46:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, writes: << Here's the task: make your ego healthy and strong so you can give it up!! You're sweet to ask for this, Harsha. Holly >> Holly this reminds me of what the Monk Thomas Keating says. He says before we can offer up the ego it must be healed of pains and hurts then the needs for approval and programs for happiness start to peal back and away from the self which is one aleady with God.Until this point there is nothing to give up because we are running on programs. Similar verbage being from Gurdjieff who incites the words " asleep and functioning out of mechanicality" be well take care,Hello Harsha Jerry and the rest,Alan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites