Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00168)

KeithHouston wrote:
>
> I am glad to hear some of my reservations and thoughts about the
> idea of one permanent ego.  I was going to write one ego for each incarnated
> body, but then realized that the idea of reincarnation is that this ego I
> have now has been in many physical bodies, so there cannot be one ego per
> body according to Eastern traditions as opposed to the Christian tradition.

It all depends on what you mean by "this ego I have now."

If you mean your personality as Keith and all it's personal history
since birth, then this is not properly the reincarnating ego but an
overlayment. If you mean the core of mystery in the heart of the heart
of Keith, that is presently experiencing life in and as Keith, but is
also somehow transcendant of being "just that", then you have it.

> The all is "self-conscious" in a way we could never understand because it
> is pure consciousness, transparent to itself.

Talk about a mouthful!

Mark
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