Comments on: The Nature of the Soul http://kentonwhitman.com/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/ Zen-Inspired Self Development Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:45:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-23051 Kenton Whitman Thu, 29 May 2008 20:40:13 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/#comment-23051 Greetings AAA, Your words add an interesting perspective, especially as that perspective seems to have shifted throughout the reading. Thanks for sharing your view! Sweetwater, Kenton Greetings AAA,

Your words add an interesting perspective, especially as that perspective seems to have shifted throughout the reading. Thanks for sharing your view!

Sweetwater,
Kenton

]]> By: AAA http://kentonwhitman.com/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-23050 AAA Thu, 29 May 2008 20:16:09 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/#comment-23050 Or maybe I should have read the entire article before commenting... Or maybe I should have read the entire article before commenting…

]]> By: AAA http://kentonwhitman.com/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/comment-page-1/#comment-23049 AAA Thu, 29 May 2008 20:14:48 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2007/06/22/the-nature-of-the-soul/#comment-23049 "believing in ‘me’ or in ‘time’ seems very natural and intuitive – it’s not until we see the nature of these delusions that we come to understand how very problematic they are" This is bad. I experience time through the subjective becoming of myself, the choosing of my essence. Secondly, actually realising the ego through the Cartesian cogito, is that not the essence of awakening? Seeing what is one's ego and what is not, and trancending the cyclic nature of the human experience? You make realising nothingness sound like forgetting, when in fact it is the opposite. “believing in ‘me’ or in ‘time’ seems very natural and intuitive – it’s not until we see the nature of these delusions that we come to understand how very problematic they are”

This is bad. I experience time through the subjective becoming of myself, the choosing of my essence. Secondly, actually realising the ego through the Cartesian cogito, is that not the essence of awakening? Seeing what is one’s ego and what is not, and trancending the cyclic nature of the human experience?
You make realising nothingness sound like forgetting, when in fact it is the opposite.

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