Friends:
20 Kinds of
False "Self"-Projection:
What are the 20 invalid Theories of an
only apparently existing "Ego-self"?
1: My "self" is
identical with my
Body:
This physical matter is my "Ego".
2: My "self" has a Body, this physical matter is owned by my "Ego".
3: My "self" is hidden somewhere inside & included within this Body frame.
4: This Body form is hidden inside and included within a pervading "Ego".
5: My "self" is
identical with my
Feelings:
Pain, pleasure & neutral feeling is my "Ego".
6: My "self" has Feelings, these sensations are owned by my very own
"Ego".
7: My "self" is hidden inside among these Feelings, included within these
emotions.
8: These Feelings are hidden inside and included within my all-pervading
"Ego-self".
9: My "self" is
identical with my
Perceptions:
These experiences are my "Ego".
10: My "self" has Perceptions: These experiences are owned by my very own
"Ego".
11: My "self" is hidden inside these Perceptions, included among all these
experiences.
12: These Experiences are hidden inside & included inherently within my
"Ego-self".
13: My "self" is identical with my
Mental Constructions:
Ideas & intentions are my "Ego".
14: My "self" possess mental Constructions: These activities are owned by
my "Ego".
15: My "self" is hidden inside among these mental Constructions, included
as a core.
16: These Cogitations are hidden inside & included inherently within my
"ego-self".
17: My "self" is
identical with my
Consciousness:
This bare awareness is my "Ego".
18: My "self" has a Consciousness: This naked awareness is owned by my
"Ego".
19: My "self" is hidden inside this Consciousness, included in all aware
moments.
20: This Consciousness is hidden inside & included inherently within my
"self".
The imagined EGO tragicomically
imprisons itself in overblown pride and ego-centrism!
Even without noticing it, since it is so blindly fallen in love with this
non-existent Myself!
Enveloped in Egotism this Ego then systematically destroys itself by
egoistic behaviour!
The very conception of an 'Ego' is thus a catastrophic form of mental
auto-cannibalism,
which beings repeat life after life, resulting in immense pain for
themselves & all others...
Why are these 20 common assumptions invalid, erroneous, wrong and false?
Because any concept of a "Self" inherently implies 3 criteria:
1 Sameness: It is something constant
over time: An "identical same self"...
2 Control: That it is "self"-controllable: i.e. fully independent and
autonomic ...
3 Pleasant: That it is pleasant, since if self was not pleasant, & the
"Self" really was in full power, then it would instantly make whatever is
self, become pleasant!
However, neither body, feeling,
perception, mental construction, nor consciousness is constant and the
same, even for a moment... Therefore they cannot possibly ever qualify as
a "same self", nor be identical with any stable and definable
identity...!!! Neither is body, feeling, perception, mental construction,
nor consciousness fully controllable... Neither can they thus ever meet
the control requirements of a self! Neither is body, feeling, perception,
mental construction, nor consciousness always
pleasant... They can therefore never contain or coincide with any
autonomic self!
Could the assumed ‘"self"’ be a combination of any of 1-20? Not so! Why
not?
If "self" is not found within any of 1-20, it cannot ever be a collection
of them!
The 4 Mechanisms of unseen, assumed, and associative Ego-projection:
1+5+9+13+17 are examples of illusory
identification with mere passing states...
2+6+10+14+18 are examples of fictitious immanence and invented
ownership...
3+7+11+15+19 are examples of imagined inclusion in something becoming
otherwise...
4+8+12+16+20 are examples of phony possessing as an invisible
acquisition...
This doctrine of selflessness, Anatta, No-self,
Not-Anyone-Anything-Anywhere is
particular to the Buddhas. No other is able to discover, comprehend, nor
teach this!
More on this subtle, counterintuitive, profound, baffling, yet liberating
Selflessness:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/The_Fact_of_No-Self_Anatta.htm
The Blessed Buddha once radically
pointed out:
"All phenomena is void of a "self" or of what belongs to any "self"!
Within this frame is therefore nothing belonging to anyone, anywhere,
nor is there anything owned by this frame in anyone, anywhere or
elsewhere..."
On clinging to "personality" view (Sakkaya Ditthi) and selflessness (Anatta):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/I-dentification.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Ego-Projection.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Agent_is_Inside.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Anatta_Doctrine.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Just_Passing_Bubbles.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Neither_Agent_nor_Actor.htm
Source: The Moderate Speeches of the Buddha.
Majjhima Nikāya 106 [ii 106] The Way to the Imperturbable.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25072X
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/majjhima/index.html
Illusory I-dentification = Inner Ego-Prison...
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ Sri Lanka ]
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