and in this self-definition, I end up either having to work very hard to maintain it and to defend against anything that threatens it such as the opinions of others. I am in a bind and I suffer accordingly.
yes - my statement was not so much a question as an observation - the observation that whenever I attempt to defend an image (nice guy, smart guy, independent guy, wise-guy) I end up suffering.
Stay in the 'I don't know'. A scary place for the mind which is always looking for something to hang on to, some kind of self-definition, which inevitably becomes a prison.
I always watch most of your videos. I really feel connected. Me is still I not 'IT" yet. Still my ego trying to satisfy before letting it drop. One question, after your realization, do you speak from mind or it.
very well explained
budddhas 2 years ago 7
word up. he got it.
thepharaohspeaks 3 years ago
and in this self-definition, I end up either having to work very hard to maintain it and to defend against anything that threatens it such as the opinions of others. I am in a bind and I suffer accordingly.
claudelebel55 3 years ago
Dear Friend,
There is no need to defend against anything that threatens your freedom. True freedom is even freedom from that.
burtharding 3 years ago
yes - my statement was not so much a question as an observation - the observation that whenever I attempt to defend an image (nice guy, smart guy, independent guy, wise-guy) I end up suffering.
claudelebel55 3 years ago 5
this reminds me of a teacher who kept repeating:
Stay in the 'I don't know'. A scary place for the mind which is always looking for something to hang on to, some kind of self-definition, which inevitably becomes a prison.
claudelebel55 3 years ago
Freedom from YOU is the True Freedom...Beautiful Burt-
Thank You from India:)
joyfulbuddha 3 years ago
I always watch most of your videos. I really feel connected. Me is still I not 'IT" yet. Still my ego trying to satisfy before letting it drop. One question, after your realization, do you speak from mind or it.
KSanth100 3 years ago 2
Dear Friend,
After a while we see that there's only the ONE doing everything.
burtharding 3 years ago 2
Great vid Burt
This one lit me uplike an Christmas tree, just at the point when you say there can be no answer. Many thanks.
Can the same be said about "truth", that is to say, there is no such thing as truth because that would be a restriction?
Thanks again.
sweenz25 3 years ago
Eckhart Tolle said that freedom is never freedom from, but freedom to.
M0rrigan1 3 years ago
Beautiful message, yet again, Burt.
Sat Chit Anand.
Maha Shanti Om. ♥♥♥
tinaslynn 3 years ago