Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: Bardon and the Buddha

["J. Davidson" <jdavidson132@...>]

Hi IOX137,

If you encourage the mind to 
grow, the ego to feel superior, even to become one with your "ideal" of God, 
then you will just create a bigger EGO, (mind construction), and you will 
miss the REAL SELF.

I agree with you in principle. It has been my experience that letting my ego 
grow and becoming egotistical was a good way to learn the lesson that ego gets 
in the way. By participating in these acts of egotism etc, the natural law that 
rules over this phenomenon will teach us through cause and effect and so forth 
that a inflated ego and mind do get in the way. Sometimes we need a reality 
jolt to really recognise what fools we can be from our folly. I use the 
aphorism "It is better to love, than to not to love at all" Apply this to the 
ego and the mind and you will see my point. 

I pray to God, that you understand what I'm trying to get at here. I'm just 
trying to pass on some things I have been successful at uncovering for myself.

Fraternally in L.V.X.

Jim.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: TARMSTRONG11@... 
To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: [BardonPraxis] Re: Bardon and the Buddha


Sokan,

If the mind is essentially "nothingness" then the only reason one would 
attempt a method, is to try to uncondition it and make it aware of this fact. 
What other reason is there to pursue "initiation" than to dissolve the mind 
(ego) in to God, Being, that which 'is'?

My point is that ANY method will mean a "doing", and that "doing" is just a 
round about way to allow the mind to LET GO. If you encourage the mind to 
grow, the ego to feel superior, even to become one with your "ideal" of God, 
then you will just create a bigger EGO, (mind construction), and you will 
miss the REAL SELF.

I'm only stressing this because I feel it to be an essential part of any 
"way" whether it be Bardon, Buddah, Jesus etc.

The only reason methods and techniques are felt to be needed is because the 
mind is ignorant of its true self, its "original face". Ultimately no method 
is needed, surrender is enough, accept with an open heart God, Truth, 
Existence etc, and you will know. Methods, teachings are needed ONLY to get 
back to the SOURCE.

Eh, well that's what "I" think anyway... :>) 

Peace and Happiness,
IOX137


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