Marie the obsequeous
At 02:22 AM 12/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Marie L. Foster wrote:
>>
>[snip]
>> However, to truly accept that one must give up the idea of *I*. I
>> contend that no one here, other than myself, seems ready to relinquish
>> that most fundamental faith...
>
> to use the word "I" in a sentance condemning people for not
>abandoning the concept of Self is certainly a bit ironic.
>
> it *does* appear that Self is not anything which can be located or
>percieved (and is thus is not a description of the world but a retreat
>from it) -- but, if this is so, *why is it* that not a single thinker in
>history has succeeded in abolishing the self/other distinction from
>their *speech* as well as their thought?
>
> can this be simply a matter of habit?
>
> this task -- of abolishing the Self in speech -- has been actively
>running itself through my brain over the past weeks. are there any
>ideas, in the amassed brains of this list, which can add some
>metaphorical fuel to this process?
>
>[snip]
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>
Marie
Marie L. Foster
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