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Originally Posted by Dyshade In order to do so one would have to suffer the loss of self. So yes it is yet what is its worth if you have no sense of self. Everything a person does thier entire life is in order to satiate the desires drawn from our self. In order to evolve into a higher order of consciousness one would have to devalue the ideal of ones self. Abolish the entire line of thought in fact.
There are those who have claimed to do this; Bhuddha, Jesus, Mohammed; etc etc. The greatest way to prove one has lost all sense of self is to sacrifice ones self. |
I agree. Renouncing all things is the "true" enlightened path, yet many beliefs conflict with this..many of them being Western in ideology. Tempting as it is to proclaim, are Western ideologies utterly "wrong" then? In my personal opinion, I'm all for "the East" but I do value the teachings of prophets such as Jesus for instance..which has nothing to do with The Bible......
My mind is straying back to the word "moderation" because religious thought, although very useful and good (in my opinion) isn't always necessary. Moderation implies a way of thought that is more secular for those that have distaste for the idea of religion...I'm looking for a universals, in a way... even though "secular" thought is political at that. Psh. Beats me..