We create a false sense of self moment by moment ... - Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasāro
We create a false sense of self moment by moment by the way we relate to our body, feelings, memories, perceptions, thoughts, emotions and sense consciousness.
- We may assume those phenomena to be one and the same thing as self, just as we consider there to be no separation between the colour of a flame and the flame itself
- We may consider those phenomena as belonging to self in the way that a tree's shadow belongs to the tree.
- We may consider those phenomena as being in self, as the scent is in the flower.
- We may consider those phenomena as containing the self as a casket contains a jewel.
We don't have to abandon the self, there is nothing to abandon. We abandon the craving and attachment that are the conditions for the illusion of self.
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