Joseph Maynor

Life is great when you take care of yourself mentally and physically. If you screw up one or both of these though, you will suffer unless and until you wise up.

God is a metaphysical theory that the Mind clings to.

What is it that judges? Does being judge? What it it that clings to no judgments? Is that not a judgment too?

I don't think Mooji is talking about demonizing. He's just saying you have a choice about whose company you keep.

If someone tried to cut your penis off with pruning shears then come and tell me your Ego is fully gone. Or another thing, face the death of a loved one and tell me your Ego is fully gone. You're gonna find out real fast that that's just a belief, a mere thought. You will experience the Ego-Mind, you just want to have a space there, that's what transcendence is. Transcendence is not complete annihilation of the Ego-Mind, that's a mere thought, an idea, not reality. But you can put some distance through cultivation of awareness between you and the Ego-Mind so that it doesn't totally dominate you.

The Ego is always gonna be there. Transcending the Ego doesn't mean getting rid of the Ego, it means not being a slave to the Ego, it means seeing through the Ego. When you see what the Ego is clearly it won't have the power to trap you as much. That's why Mooji is talking about avoiding Spiritual Egos because they are a bad influence in this regard.

True, until it actually happens, then it's no longer a want but actuality. It's after you transcend that you can look back and see without the presence of anticipation of transcendence. The anticipation of transcendence is not necessarily Ego-driven but it is a thought, which is a creature of the Mind.

Ah, I get it. Mooji is speaking from the perspective of someone who has transcended the Ego-Mind. This is a very advanced video.

Zen is a tool for transcending the Mind. I just discovered Zen recently and it's amazing that I was already aligned with a lot of its insights without ever studying it.

Can you please elaborate? I don't know where you came to this conclusion and why. This is certainly not my impression.

A Spiritual Ego happens when the Ego-Mind is not fully transcended and where it clings hard to being a spiritual person or spiritual teacher.

I think at some point you gotta transcend all this Spiral Dynamics stuff. Clinging hard to this stuff can easily become a trap of the Ego-Mind.

Did you lift Leo's philosophy haha?

This sounds dead on like Leo's non-dual philosophy. Am I right? You two must be drinking from the same fountain somewhere.

Bingo! Video on point to watch: One of the best videos I've ever seen on Enlightenment.

You gotta transcend the Ego-Mind. I thought you had already done this. All suffering is caused by clinging too hard to the Ego-Mind.

It's the language of the Mind. Being doesn't have a mouth. Only mouths speak.

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Does being even want to be or is that a thought? What does being say?

Responsibility turns into a thought at some point where it comes up in a real context.

What does being want?

Great question.

The problem is non-human animals can't transcend the Ego or the Mind. Well, they don't have much of a Mind, but they can't transcend Ego. Humans have these huge Minds that has its pros and cons.

What does being want when no thought is present?