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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (9318)	1/9/2002 10:21:44 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Reading a few pages further it became clear where Adi Da was coming from. He's drawing a distinction between what might be called the I-in-illusion vs. the I-in-remembrance. The I-in-remembrance is nonseparate and is the observer (or "witness") of the I-in-illusion. This is very straightforward and flows naturally from any system in which reincarnation obtains. The I-in-illusion is what is referred to as "ego" which Da considers an "activity". Ironically, it seems that this "activity" might best be called "judgement". The observer merely observes. It is judgement which creates the illusion of separation. Hence my puzzlement over all of these "judgements" about ego. CWG observes that what you resist persists, so naturally the very act of "judging" ego manifests it in one's experience. To "move beyond ego" is to move beyond judgement or attachment to "results". And yet, it is choice which creates all of the "relationships" that comprise "reality". Thus is it seen how the illusion of separation creates the experience of unity, and this why I bless the self and call it a supreme gift. For I am myself even as I am beyond it. As are we all.