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Posted by Butcho
on 6/21/2009, 5:43 pm, in reply to "another question for Butcho"
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:
: What your posts convey to me, Butcho, is
: your tremendous passion for what you do and
: believe. Tremendous passion is a gift, in
: my book.
:
: But there's a certain disconnect in your
: post above. Maybe you can connect the dots
: for me.
:
: First you say "The ego, the conditioned
: sense of self, does not want to wake
: up."
:
: Then you say "Many are called, but few
: choose to heed the calling."
:
: Question: To believe oneself
: "called" and among the
: "few" who heed the call...this is
: not an exercise and statement of the ego?
:
: (Happy Father's Day, btw.)
:
: Steve
:
:
Steve,
The ego does not want to wake up.
But the original self does.
Why one original self is able to break through the ego or the conditioned self and another isn't is beyond my pay grade.
For whatever reason, most people do not live examined lives.
Most people settle for less than they are.
Butcho
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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