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So long as attachment to said things does not affect your personality.

happy birthday ss,,

and many happy returns indeed,,

becomming 44yrs of age,, simply underlines the fact you are now in your prime,,



hope you have a fantastic day good sir,,


much love,,

Thanks Nobody.

oh
my personality is always reshaping myself to what i am free willed attached to
can not imagine how it could not
same me
can never not be
how i express myself (self aware behavior) does alter influenced by attachment(s)

good morning

That's not what I meant. I mean that you tend to 'own' certain behaviors and attitudes.

That is a useful thing to own.

Most people have attachments for material things. They feel real pain when the material thing is removed from their life.

When you can remove those material things, and not feel pain, then the attachment is insubstantial, and like you said, you can alter yourself as you see fit, instead of having the material alter you.

Gotcha. I do?

oh gotcha
generally when i answered i was not thinking material
although it will influence
not to the same degree consistently

I know. That is why I explained myself further.

Of course you do. You play them like a fiddle. It is something you slip into at the drop of a hat.

The phrase 'own your shit' can be demonstrated by observing you.

Thanks. I think that is one of the coolest things anyone has said to me.

Good birthday present!

It is more powerful to admit than to deny.

“Denying oneself is an indulgence. The indulgence of denying is by far the worst; it forces us to believe that we are doing great things, when in effect we are only fixed within ourselves.”

material things have altered my personality in my past
nuts really
it was 50/50
me not possessing anything emotional of interest other than myself finding out money does not discover emotion of the nature i desired
and you alter in the way people interact with you whether you want them to or not
like you are always admitted
i never discovered a door that was not opening it`self to me in return for payment and i traveled to many countries to notice that is true
sometimes it only opens to take your money
sometimes it takes your money and gives not what you were told
and sometimes it takes your money and does what it told
but the universal truth i experienced
there is no institutional door that will not open once for money
maybe not twice
but
always once

Last Edited by aether on 01/03/2013 11:47 AM

Happy birthday, Don Chewbacca!

I'm not so sure about that.

wow, I really like this. So simple, yet so true.

yes
not often my money
i was there when events occur
natural

Well...


Think of it in context of want vs. need.

It seems 'indulgence' is the direct opposite of denial.

Chronic self indulgence often leading to addiction, obesity, or worse.

:)

:hmmm:

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I don't think it can be applied in that context.

An obese person has a routine of eating too much and not being active enough.

A person addicted to crack or meth has a routine supported by behavioral and chemical reinforcements.

In order to change that routine, they must first admit that the routine is a direct threat to their long term health. They must also have a motivation to live without that routine.

'Denying oneself' does not mean just endlessly indulging oneself without a care in the world. It means to look at yourself and not see the plain truth of what you are and what motivates you.

Last Edited by Jonny Blaze on 01/03/2013 12:03 PM

What is the proper vantage point I should view it from then?

Contextually?

Self denial as indulgence?

Could you give me an example?

Denying oneself, to me, means to look at yourself and not see the plain truth of what you are and what motivates you.

If one is overweight, to see oneself as overweight. To acknowledge the significance of that unbalanced routine and what it will take to bring it back into balance.

To be conflicted about being overweight...that is, to desire to not be overweight and at the same time to perpetuate the routine that keeps one overweight involves some type of denying of oneself.

Either the person indulges in their routine of eating and that is more important to them...or they suffer to get 'thin' and that is what is more important.

Either way...to remain conflicted is to deny oneself.

Last Edited by Jonny Blaze on 01/03/2013 12:10 PM

What you are?

How could one ever know?


It is fluid in Nature, constantly changing, merging, morphing.

What is Self then?

Is it static?

Oh...so 'deny' as in 'lie' to ones Self. Yes, in that context I see it plainly.

Thanks.

:)

Exactly. Which is why the bent of Juan Matus's knowledge is bent on being fluid, light, being able to change oneself.

The biggest threat to the ability we have to change ourselves, according to Juan Matus...is personal history.

“In order to help his ward to erase personal history, the warrior as a teacher teaches three techniques: losing self-importance, assuming responsibility for one’s acts, and using death as an adviser. Without the beneficial effect of these three techniques, erasing personal history would involve being shifty, evasive and unnecessarily dubious about oneself and one’s actions.”