Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 Dear Alice, Your font of wisdom is overflowing today. Thank you. After one reads your philosophy a few times its starts to sink in. I am fascinated by the ego/divide guest dichotomy. Tell me, your use of Divine Guest, is it your own terminology? I don't remember seeing it elsewhere. And is it different in some way from the Self as we know it from Jung. Why do use this particular term? It seems to capture the idea of Grace (i.e., guest visits at his/her will, not the host's). Is this part of it? I love the phrase " happiness is a byproduct, not an end. " We seem to live at a time and in a culture which does not have any well developed concept of this. It is simple, yet counterintuitive in our consumeristic, materialistic society. We are constantly tempted to buy or exercise or eat or drink or entertain ourselves into happiness, usually to be disappointed that it didn't work out that way. But I am still confused by your declaration: " once the Divine Guest has it, it's there for keeps " . Why does the ego's sharing happiness with the Divine Guest make the experience more permanent? Is this sharing akin to praying or different? So happy your back with us!!! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 1999 Report Share Posted November 9, 1999 Im not sharing my poached egg. How well this describes my situation. The separation between the ego and the divine is so rigid,codified,strutured,that its like two spheres which hardly ever transsect.Whenever this happens a little " alarm " goes off. The flowering branch in my heart exists-of that I am sure-but its not very healthy. " Surrounded with sound I make my way through the chamber,colliding,bumping into chairs and tables;I even kicked a cat on the way. They were waiting for a speech.I said " listen to me,look at me,see my stride,my carriage " When my eyes started to bleed they were embarassed. Mine eyes were set adrift. I walked on hot coals which burned me not. I began by saying: " You here-attend me.Place your hands above your heads and assume the posture of prayer " Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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