we can tryOriginally posted by paperflower:you so always talking about ego thingy.
how about you let me slap u & you remain still without conditions arising. how about that humiliation? can you take it?
try?Originally posted by Cenarious:we can try
don't set conditions for excuses to arise.Originally posted by Cenarious:if you say like that of course can, but if the situation involves some other stuff that pulls my ego into it im not too sure
ok sure, if we just meet and u slap me without talking i think i can take itOriginally posted by paperflower:don't set conditions for excuses to arise.
don't ask for conditions, take what is given to you.Originally posted by Cenarious:ok sure, if we just meet and u slap me without a hostile face i think i can take it
im not that sure then, but i guess can baOriginally posted by paperflower:don't ask for conditions, take what is given to you.
you've been trying since dawn but you never choose to actually do.Originally posted by Cenarious:im not that sure then, but i guess can ba
thats why i said try.
i mean yes i can let u slap, but i dont know if i will be angry inside or not. cos i dont know what conditions u will give me and im not too enlightenedOriginally posted by paperflower:you've been trying since dawn but you never choose to actually do.
angry? thot you said ego thingy?Originally posted by Cenarious:i mean yes i can let u slap, but i dont know if i will be angry inside or not. cos i dont know what conditions u will give me and im not too enlightened
because im not that sure if i will be overtaken by thoughts, or whether i can take a step back and look at the situation.Originally posted by paperflower:angry? thot you said ego thingy?
you don't have to be enlightened to receive a slap.
so you think you have conquered understood ego?Originally posted by Cenarious:because im not that sure if i will be overtaken by thoughts, or whether i can take a step back and look at the situation.
which is why we practise. practise to weaken our thoughts' power over us. and a bunch of people practising together can remind one another of it.Originally posted by Cenarious:because im not that sure if i will be overtaken by thoughts, or whether i can take a step back and look at the situation.
i read Eckhart Tolle's detailed analysis of it, but im not that strong practically.Originally posted by paperflower:so you think you have conquered understood ego?
you have your own version to analyse. not doing strong is your excuse to admit to your ego. reading & doing are 2 different experiences.Originally posted by Cenarious:i read Eckhart Tolle's detailed analysis of it, but im not that strong practically.
Ya, but sometimes i forget.Originally posted by paperflower:you have your own version to analyse. not doing strong is your excuse to admit to your ego. reading & doing are 2 different experiences.
forget there's no self?Originally posted by Cenarious:Ya, but sometimes i forget.
actually not forget, but my thoughts get so powerful they take over me.Originally posted by paperflower:forget there's no self?
so you're saying you are weak, no control over your mindOriginally posted by Cenarious:actually not forget, but my thoughts get so powerful they take over me.
yesOriginally posted by paperflower:so you're saying you are weak, no control over your mind