“A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don't know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox's or bear's, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.” ― Meister Eckhart
Brother J I hope we are well. Tis you know who. “Evey Hammond: Who are you? V: Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask. Evey Hammond: Well I can see that. V: Of course you can. I'm not questioning your powers of observation I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is”
“The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.”
“He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending, wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
As soon as you start contending, you are going against the Way. As soon as you contend, you have the mark of self. With the mark of self, there is the mark of others as well.
Once you have the mark of others, the mark of living beings arises, and with that comes the mark of a life span. And when the mind of the four marks arises, how can you achieve proper concentration?
if i used your sacral chakra technique for 3 minutes and felt a slight tingling sensation in my spine...did i release my sexual build up and do i need to reset my counter?
Looks like someone has been perpetually sinking round and round the wheel again. When will it end? When he proceeds on the Path to Awakening and no longer steps off it hehe.