Re: Ego elimination strategies?


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On May 31, 3:53 am, "Jez" <iced_sp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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news:1180588096.772929.108220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On May 30,
10:53 pm, "Alain Reiher" <rei...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jackson K. Eskew" <jacksones...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Snippage.....

Yet I'm not a Catholic. I implore you to provide the isolated
classical guitarist with some strategies of ego elimination, if
there
are any, apart from being Catholic. The goal is to truly assess
one's
skills. Feel free to riff on this however you like. Insults,
sarcasm,
and the like - all are most welcome.

Go to the guitar society in your/near town and play!
It will first solve the isolation problem (If it is to be considered a
problem) and second it will put your playing in pespective + you can
exchange with other players.
Does an isolated Buddhist have to play classical guitar?
Ego elimination is a myth ...

Alain

Excatly so Alain, what healthy Buddhist wants to eliminate their so
called hard eraned ego. This is really an 18th century perspictive on
Buddhism. Perhaps our learned scholar should get his lazy mind out of
12th century European history and embrace the future.
MT

Rather than the over-used term, 'Ego', I prefer the more subtle
description
of
the, 'Bullshitting Brain.', (ymennydd malu cachu), ya know, that part of
the
brain that causes a woman, no-matter how beautiful, to say things like,
'Does my bum look big in this?'

:)



Better than "ego" - "monkeymind"? Or is it Hanuman or the trickster?
The problem with western psychology is that it has no sense of humor
and it doesn't teach us to have compassion for our human madness.

Chogya Trungpa said something to the effect that it qould be madness
to get rid of that part of the mind known as "ego". I'll see if I can
find the book and then the passage.


This one ?

"THE BATTLE OF EGO

Student: The desire of ego to be fulfilled -- how does one liberate those
desires of fulfillment that ego presents?

Chogyam Trungpa: It seems that trying to fulfill is another escape --
equally the same as trying to suppress. Generally there is a conflict
between you and your experiences, your desires. It is a kind of game
between ego and its extensions. Sometimes ego tries to overpower the
projections, and sometimes the projections try to overpower ego -- that
kind of battle goes on all the time. So the point is to see that battle as
it is, rather than fulfill the desires or try to suppress them."

From TRANSCENDING MADNESS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIX BARDOS edited by
Judith Lief, page 141.

I used to enjoy reading Zen back in my 20's, some very funny stuff.
Think I still have D.T Suzukis 'The essentials of Zen Buddhism' around
somewhere.
Although Gurdjieff has to be my favorite 'Religious' writer. I always get
the impression when reading his, 'Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson', that
he's basically saying...why don't you go out and live your life, instead of
wasting your time reading my stupid book, you idiot !

The most basic thing I've learned in life is, quite simply, not to take
oneself too seriously.
With my nose, it's not difficult.

--
Jez, MBA.,
Country Dancing and Advanced Astrology, UBS.

"Culture and Ideology are not your friends. Culture is the greatest barrier
to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency." - Terence McKenna

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick
society."- Krishnamurti


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