Theos-Talk Archives (February 2008 Message tt00208)

Misunderstanding sounds better than calling it an
illusion for starters :-)
It goes too far going into detail about my life,
though be asured, if I had an ordinairy human ego, I
wouldn't have been able to state what I wrote...

--- Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> If you have been keeping up with the posts Martin,
> you will have read that KootHoomi stated
> categorically that he had an inner and an outer. 
> Our Ego's are the sum total of every experience in a
> sentient body, so therefore the more evolved the
> soul, the stronger the personality.  Ego has to be
> overcome every lifetime until one reaches the stage
> where it is simply a vehicle for self consciousness
> and practical every day existence.  It has been
> mastered and no longer generates karma.  I accept
> this on faith and on reasonableness as it makes
> sense.
>    
>   I am not sure what you mean by renouncing the joys
> of physical life or what you mean by calling
> yourself a Loser.
>    
>   I would imagine that one has to attain Nirvana and
> is not something that can be rejected prior to
> experiencing it. Else it seems to me you are
> rejecting "the idea" of Nirvana as some sort of
> sacrificial offering.  Maybe I am just
> misunderstanding your words, perhaps you will
> correct me if this is so.
>    
>   Cass
> 
> Martin <Mvandertak@yahoo.com> wrote:
>           No doubt its there, trying to find a way
> to get rid of
> it :-)
> However I never gave it a chance to flourish but
> through my mind, in ordinairy life I am a loser, one
> of the few who were supposed to be lost as KH said
> it
> somewhere in the ML when forgetting or renouncing
> the
> joys of physical existence, to be killed by the
> people
> who rule the material world.
> As good or bad as it goes with this ego of mine,
> used
> as a toy to progress on my Path, the more I forget
> about Nirvana, since I have to state here Nirvana is
> the worst illusion outthere unless all beings can
> benefit its bliss. Untill that day, which seems
> endlessly far away, I reject the peace of Nirvana,
> since it may calm my soul, but there is too much to
> do
> for her. Peace I find in a few moments when asleep,
> to
> comfort just the little man which is still here.
> Basking is the wrong word you use, not even my dogs
> have to do it. I would use the word 'asking', not
> for
> my own nirvanic illusion, but for nirvana without
> its
> illusion for all...btw Cass, you up to a fight it
> seems, by attacking me?
> 
> --- Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Martin,
> > Your ego is alive and flourishing and is basking
> > in its own nirvanic illusion.
> > Cass
> > 
> > Martin <Mvandertak@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Haha, humour kills fear, fear for the
> > unknown, for the
> > dwellers at the trashhold, humour gets you into
> real
> > Nirvana...although humour through selfcriticism!
> > 
> > Its fun to empty the sack of ego to make room for
> > the
> > real Ego is another interpretation.
> > 
> > Ph. D..fart could also be written Phart, so I bet
> a
> > Ph. D. is a Phart Demon? 
> > The story goes some Tibetan monks did kill their
> ego
> > by living on a cemetary..the most extatic moments
> > were
> > when a new corpse was buried. The smell did its
> work
> > for them like incense and burning wood does its
> work
> > to scare elementaries off as KH states somewhere
> in
> > the ML.
> > 
> > I found out myself the hard way, enlightening
> comes
> > with killing your ego first and then talk later
> with
> > your real Ego ( who knows all ). What a bliss to
> > know
> > seperation is gone when uniting your Manas with
> the
> > light of your inside Buddha...
> > 
> > --- Morten Nymann Olesen
> > <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Lol.
> > > 
> > > Yeah...The next thing might be, that someone
> will
> > go
> > > and call you a theosophical Blasphemer and
> > > "excommunicate" you to another theosophical
> branch
> > > so your infidel ideas will not take root within
> > > their sacred and very precious historical
> > chambers.
> > > The other "theosophical" branch need, mind you,
> > not
> > > necessarily to be a "laughing branch" or
> "laughing
> > > ranch" with cows, bulls and an uneducated farmer
> > > couple. 
> > > 
> > > And perhaps they will also tell you, that you
> are
> > a
> > > Climate Change terrorist, because you fart so
> much
> > > while smiling in your emails.
> > > :-)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have heard a romour about, that Ph. D.'s are
> > > important theosophists than others, but I cannot
> > > tell for sure, because then I would reveal to
> > much.
> > > What are your views?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > M. Sufilight
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: Martin 
> > > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:51 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Theos-World What is Theosophy
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Lol, I agree with Chuck the Heretic!
> > > Most of the theosophists in our world don't even
> > > know
> > > they are, while the ones who claim they are, are
> > > mostly arsetalkers. They like to look what we do
> > > to be
> > > a theosophist and instead of at least trying to
> do
> > > it
> > > themselves, they like to be on their own island
> in
> > > their own nir-wana.
> > > 
> > > My 2 farts :-)
> > > 
> > > --- Morten Nymann Olesen
> > > <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Aha!
> > > > That was why you became a Heretic and a member
> > > of
> > > > this forum?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > M. Sufilight
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: Drpsionic@aol.com 
> > > > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:37 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Theos-World What is Theosophy
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > No one knows what Theosophy is, least of all
> > > > Theosophists.
> > > > 
> > > > Chuck the Heretic
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/c_cosimano 
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Pablo Sender <pasender@yahoo.com.ar>
> > > > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:34 pm
> > > > Subject: Theos-World What is Theosophy
> > > > 
> > > > "What is Theosophy?" is one of the most
> 
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