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Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick  Our feelings at times seem to want to comfort us,reassure us that "all will be well" and at
times "suggest" that we are "special" and prehaps unique,these feelings are right and proper until we reach a point where this sort of reassurance begins to feel somewhat hollow.
When this happens we have reached a stage where we neecd to go deeper into our
core of being to uncover that which until now was hidden from us.
tbc
regards michael. |
Good starter thread michael.
There can however be confusion over this word illusion,
as i found out yesterday on the shout box
Speaking from a subjective view can be very confusing and difficult.
The illusion is .. we are brought up by our parents who adore and dote on us,
and invariably we begin to take on this assumed sense of a real identity, believing we are this special individual self ..
We then wrongly or rightly allow ourselves to be manipulated and conditioned by our society and peer groups.
The grip of an assumed separate self takes a powerful hold, with a life of it's own, (pardon the pun)
Consequently we become addicted to this self, we are very fond of ourself
naturally, and if we are honest we don't like to give this up, we cling to the illusion.
Doing this is the cause of most of our suffering it is our very attachments
to objects and things including people, and ourselves.
Letting go of ourself is the best way to live, but often the hardest thing to do.
melanie.