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The self as Humpty Dumpty

The Tao of Christ

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The Self Is Only a Shell

When that shell of the self fell away completely on this third occasion, i saw there was nothing inside. That is what i had glimpsed the first two times, and the emptiness had scared me to death. But this third time, it was a relief, no fear. It was joy and peace. We are not an individual, separated being, apart from everything else. No matter how much we dress up the self in religious or spiritual garb, making it a very spiritual self. Then if we are not the self, what are we?

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