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wolfgang · 05-12-2008, 08:27 PM

I didn't get that Tolle suggests getting rid of, or killing the ego. That part I thought I got was to watch out for "identification with form". Of which ego is a form - a bunch of thought structures, if you will.

So then, there's an overlap possible.

LoA says to detach from your desires.
Tolle says release identification with form.

Maybe those statements are the same idea, just with different words.

I think the parts that contradict between LoA and Tolle are the parts of LoA that were "distorted" to make people want to buy the material. Like hooking people into thinking they can get what they want, by just thinking a certain way. That the real LoA needs to be seen from the point of Being anyway before one becomes a grand manifester. And once in Being, you can desire with your heart and it works out. Desire from the mind, is difficult. imho...

05-12-2008, 08:27 PM	#72 (permalink)
wolfgang Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,085	I didn't get that Tolle suggests getting rid of, or killing the ego. That part I thought I got was to watch out for "identification with form". Of which ego is a form - a bunch of thought structures, if you will. So then, there's an overlap possible. LoA says to detach from your desires. Tolle says release identification with form. Maybe those statements are the same idea, just with different words. I think the parts that contradict between LoA and Tolle are the parts of LoA that were "distorted" to make people want to buy the material. Like hooking people into thinking they can get what they want, by just thinking a certain way. That the real LoA needs to be seen from the point of Being anyway before one becomes a grand manifester. And once in Being, you can desire with your heart and it works out. Desire from the mind, is difficult. imho...