Stranger wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:04 pmNot a problem, if you don't accept it, there are no expectations whatsoever. It's a completely free choice. Breaking from the separate self is not for everyone, it is not easy to do and most people don't even know why would they need to do it, they are perfectly fine within the cozy bubbles of their separate selves, and nobody is going to judge them for that. But there is no free lunch, it goes with the package of sufferings caused by the reactivity, fears and frustrations of the egoic self. Most people still believe it's worth it. But the door is still there for anyone who wants to go beyond the bubble, juts knock, and it will open (no quotes from Gospels here, even though there is one...Federica wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:57 pm Whoever wants to be my disciple must... you have quoted that verse so many times Eugene. Around in circles. These words are so much your typical last resort since they lay themselves open wide enough for you to mistreat them as "linguistic labels" and enroll them at the service of your pre-determined intentions.
...deny themselves... deny themselves... deny themselves... What else if not a token of non-duality in Christ's message.).
This response of attempting a sort subdued shaming is also typical you. You wrote this before. Not super effective, if I may say. But interesting, to say the least, coming from a no-self who is supposedly developing "its higher capacities and compassion and becoming transparent and open to the universe and to the needs of other beings".