tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post6850986748127935994..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Nirvana and Kenosisgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-25630568315982470262007-07-11T22:58:00.000-04:002007-07-11T22:58:00.000-04:00The diamond self transcends everything, right? So...The diamond self transcends everything, right? So "I" am a part of it, or an instantce of it, right?<BR/><BR/>Even if you say it's "not much" to annihilate, from the "ego's perspective" it is annihilation. This isn't very negative, it seems a statement of fact. Even Christians speak of dying "in Christ".John Goeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206464455510064541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-8346307491297913912007-07-09T12:10:00.000-04:002007-07-09T12:10:00.000-04:00What happened to karma & reincarnation? Reaping wh...What happened to karma & reincarnation? Reaping what you sow -- over one or many lives...See John Masefield, 'A Creed'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-74552111508680437892007-07-09T02:03:00.000-04:002007-07-09T02:03:00.000-04:00"If identity is fundamentally an illusion, as Budd..."If identity is fundamentally an illusion, as Buddhists seem to suggest, it seems unavoidable to hold the view that "one" who holds such an illusion is faced with annihilation upon enlightenment..."<BR/><BR/>1) If the ego is an illusion, it's really not much to "annihilate.<BR/>2) Buddhism also contains the idea of the "diamond self."gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.com