No Self

[alyra]

there is no self? there is no not-self! 

I guess this is nothing new tho. 

[eputkonen]

There is no self, nor not-self, nor both, nor neither.

[Prabhaker]

@alyra

Buddha has used a strange word "no self" , the mystics have always used the word “self” for the interior-most core of your being. Buddha uses the word “no-self.”

To use the word “self” - even if you use it with a capital “S,” does not make much difference. It continues to give you the sense of the ego. And with a capital “S,” it may give you an even bigger ego.

Buddha does not use the words atma, atta - "self". He uses just the opposite words: “no-self” - anatma, anatta. He says that when mind ceases, there is no self left. You have become universal, you have overflowed the boundaries of the ego.

[alyra]

it is duality. to say that there is on one hand self and on the other no-self. to say that there is on one side ego and on the other Truth. to say that there is over there the mind, and over there the universal. these are all duality. 

As much as there is no self, there is no no-self. as much as there is no ego, there is no Truth. as much as there is no mind, there is no universal. 

 

The ignorant is just as authentic as the transcendent. the challenging thing is finding transcendent growth when there is none there at all we like to transcend but, it is just an illusion to claim that it's happened at all

[Deep]

@alyra Non-duality and duality are intertwined. It's impossible to understand; it can only be experienced. 

[alyra]

24 minutes ago, Deep said:

It's impossible to understand; it can only be experienced. 

hehe, what duality?