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Gary · 02-09-2007, 05:54 PM

Your side isn’t even your side. You have an imaginary character of the opposing person, and you have an imaginary character of your “self”. Your imaginary self image looks like you and sounds like you. You can even feel the emotions of that imaginary character so it feels like “you”.

It’s not.

It is a character in your imagination that is only one aspect of the many sides of the ego mind we can adopt.

Cut out that character and YOU will still be here.

How to do the cutting out is another thing but there are steps that make it possible. As long as you identify your “self” with your character self, there will be arguments with other characters. It is one of the ways the ego mind continues to survive and disturb our emotions.

Gary

02-09-2007, 05:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gary Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 101	Consider this: Your side isn’t even your side. You have an imaginary character of the opposing person, and you have an imaginary character of your “self”. Your imaginary self image looks like you and sounds like you. You can even feel the emotions of that imaginary character so it feels like “you”. It’s not. It is a character in your imagination that is only one aspect of the many sides of the ego mind we can adopt. Cut out that character and YOU will still be here. How to do the cutting out is another thing but there are steps that make it possible. As long as you identify your “self” with your character self, there will be arguments with other characters. It is one of the ways the ego mind continues to survive and disturb our emotions. Gary __________________ Gary van Warmerdam Happiness through Self Awareness and Self Mastery