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Re: Grief of Self » Sigismund

Posted by okydoky on May 27, 2008, at 9:34:08

In reply to Re: Grief of Self » Sigismund, posted by Sigismund on May 27, 2008, at 3:12:14

> >I'm tempted to say that abandoning all hope of improvement is a prerequisite for getting out of those spaces, but then I would.
>
>
> I've been wondering what I meant by this.
>
> It is something to do with ego and surrender.
> I think a lot of suffering stems from our desire.
> Maybe the less we want the better we feel?
>
> Young people (like I was) have lots of things about themselves with which they are dissatisfied, and seeking to enforce their desires may lead nowhere.
>
> I suppose I am trying to conceptualise acceptance.


I dissagree that "abandoning all hope of improvement is a prerequisite for getting out of those spaces"

If all hope is abandoned there can be no cause for movement. The hope precipitates all else.

I do think that acceptancance of self is prerequisit to any self improvement. The ego and its' desire for self aggrandizement too often gets in the way.

I have not read much for quite a long time. Perhaps I will make the attempt here.

 

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