From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2025-02-13, Richmond  wrote:   
      
   >>> Supposing one manages to disolve the ego, and convince   
   >>> oneself one is not the body, would one then stop eating? as   
   >>> that would be unnecessary?   
   >>>   
   >>> " when we realise that we are not the body-form, then the   
   >>> world and God, which previously appeared as mere names   
   >>> and forms, will disappear, and Self alone will shine as   
   >>> the Formless and Limitless One"   
   >>   
   >> It becomes clear and obvious in the context of genuinely   
   >> wanting it more than the idea of oneself.   
   >>   
   >> No amount of explanation can penetrate the wall of oneself   
   >> being more important.   
   >   
   > How do you know this? Have you achieved this context?   
      
   Such questions are the equivalent of putting hands over   
   eyes, then demanding to be shown something on the other   
   side of the hands.   
      
   Said another way, the context established by faith in there   
   being a "you" to "know" obscures the context in question.   
      
   --   
   Oh, for the love of signature silliness....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)