(April 14, 2012 at 6:58 pm)genkaus Wrote: You come off as delusional if you think you can retain your mind after letting go of your ego. It is your ego that gives rise to your cognitive abilities. It is ego that has been the cornerstone of every progress made. Your philosophy is self-defeating. You advocate destruction of ego by merging its identity with something else and call it transcendence. True transcendence for an egotistical entity would mean going beyond what its ego currently is - encompassing more, not less. You cannot make the ego greater by cutting it down and merging it with nothing.
Tell me, since ego is what brought us where we are and surrendering it has never been shown to work, why would we do so? On your assertions?
These are not just MY assertions. This is eastern philosophy. So YOUR claims are better than over 2,500 years of all Asian knowledge and practice? Now That sounds delusional, that sounds egotistical. You don't even know what you are talking about. Ego is nothing but an abstract relative term. It is not even real. Where in the brain is ego? According to Buddhism, the ego is in itself a delusion. Ego causes suffering because it craves, it disagrees, and it creates denial. Ego will get you by in life, but it will not enlighten you.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
Buddha
