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Topic: The Emperor's New Clothes
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dafremen
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posted March 10, 2006 01:56 PM
 
There is the intellect, and there is the ego and personality which it wraps around itself. These are the emperor's new clothes which do not exist except in the mind of their wearer and any unfortunate enough to be taken in by the ruse.The emperor wears his "clothes" with pride, for he believes they are real, having seen the reactions of those around him. What he fails to realize is that it isn't the "clothes" that people react to, but his "new clothes" way of behaving. In the beginning, some try to point out to him the fantasy nature of his apparel, ("You're not acting like yourself lately..."), but he deems these to be ignorant and tries to distance himself from them. His preference is to surround himself with those who tell him what he wants to hear...that he is not still naked, immersed in his childhood innocence. Still, the children know and speak the truth, for they don't know fear yet, and haven't learned to lie to themselves. Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that although the clothes are woven of societal pressure and parental conditioning, it is still the emperor who chooses to don them each day. Love, daf IP: Logged |
Johnny
Knowflake Posts: 2056
From: Colorado, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted March 10, 2006 05:50 PM
Johnny likes.IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 9359
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted March 10, 2006 07:02 PM
But without a self identity we woulld be only soul energy.....
No thoughts...just energy.
The danger comes in one(the emperor)puts on even more costumes and soon presents to the world something other than who he truly is.
And worse...he soon no longer knows himself; deluding even himself by the illusion of the grand show he puts on.IP: Logged |
maklhouf
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posted March 11, 2006 06:27 AM
I see you've taken over the title of a string I started once Daf, and I'd like to tell you I don't mind at all!------------------
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness
Isiah 45:3 IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6595
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted March 11, 2006 10:29 PM
Thank you maklhouf. Your generosity in releasing claims on the subject may provide a fresh look toward growth.Who knows,experience may follow  Blessings  ------------------
We Dance around a ring and suppose, but the Secret sits in the middle and Knows.~Robert Frost~ IP: Logged |
Johnny
Knowflake Posts: 2056
From: Colorado, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted March 12, 2006 05:47 AM
I think you're right, Fayte - an ego and a self-identity are probably good things to have, eh? Maybe the problem, if there is one, is that we've let our ego take the reins and assume that it *is* the self, when instead it should be relegated to more of a supporting role? What do you think? IP: Logged |
dafremen
Knowflake Posts: 1206
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posted March 16, 2006 01:46 PM
We are behind the glass...calling out to you..IP: Logged |
lotusheartone
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posted March 16, 2006 01:48 PM
Can you hear?IP: Logged |
Mannu
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posted March 16, 2006 01:56 PM
Well I can't hear but I could see that some people behind the glass are naked...heheheIP: Logged |
lotusheartone
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posted March 16, 2006 01:58 PM
hehe..in spirit..we are all the same. ...IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 9359
From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted March 16, 2006 03:04 PM
Know thyself...
Be true to thyself...
Be honest with thyself...
Then ego will not overtake one into self delusion....
 PS.We are only the same as in pure energy...from there is an entirely different matter!
That is like saying we are exactly like a tree because we are both comprised of atoms etcetera.
That is true but ridiculously simplistic and innacurate when it comes to describing us as the unique individuals we each are, by way of Ego/Id/Awareness of Being.  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
~I intend to continue learning, forever~"Fayte"
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
-NEXUS- IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 24661
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted March 17, 2006 06:51 AM
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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
Lialei
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posted March 17, 2006 09:11 AM
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Lialei
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posted December 13, 2007 11:29 PM
bumping for Innocence  IP: Logged |
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