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	<title>Comments on: Egoic Issues Rising to the Surface and Surrendering Fear of Death</title>
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		<title>By: BINNOY</title>
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		<dc:creator>BINNOY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Ariel
                                              
While during the path of emotional healing one connects and listens to the now moment.After healing usually one feels much better.Currently I too am feeling much better than before. 

I would like to know if emotional healing if completed i.e all of our limiting beliefs trapped in our pain body release itself is this enough to get enlightenend or would there still be a possibility of emotional garbage accumulating in ones body.

Is emotional healing just a process of cleaning up of emotional garbage or is it the process of enlightment itself just with a different approach?

If yes can I say that cleansing of emotional debris makes the mind silent enough for one to get the feeling-knowing that everything is here-now?  
                   
                                       WITH LOVE ALWAYS
                                              BINNOY</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Ariel</p>
<p>While during the path of emotional healing one connects and listens to the now moment.After healing usually one feels much better.Currently I too am feeling much better than before. </p>
<p>I would like to know if emotional healing if completed i.e all of our limiting beliefs trapped in our pain body release itself is this enough to get enlightenend or would there still be a possibility of emotional garbage accumulating in ones body.</p>
<p>Is emotional healing just a process of cleaning up of emotional garbage or is it the process of enlightment itself just with a different approach?</p>
<p>If yes can I say that cleansing of emotional debris makes the mind silent enough for one to get the feeling-knowing that everything is here-now?  </p>
<p>                                       WITH LOVE ALWAYS<br />
                                              BINNOY</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>2 ways:

1) Ask yourself who is it that notices the desire to exist.

2) Apply the Sedona Method by letting go of the desire for existence.

That said, in the end, surrender is designed to simply be a pure state of transparency and non-resistance. It can be expressed through action, but at its core it is simply a way of being in the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2 ways:</p>
<p>1) Ask yourself who is it that notices the desire to exist.</p>
<p>2) Apply the Sedona Method by letting go of the desire for existence.</p>
<p>That said, in the end, surrender is designed to simply be a pure state of transparency and non-resistance. It can be expressed through action, but at its core it is simply a way of being in the world.</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The true nature of what you are, the part of you that is beyond death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The true nature of what you are, the part of you that is beyond death.</p>
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		<title>By: nitkuma</title>
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		<dc:creator>nitkuma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ariel,
how would one go about surrendering the desire for existence with the same ego mind that is experiencing existence?.plse do enlighten me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ariel,<br />
how would one go about surrendering the desire for existence with the same ego mind that is experiencing existence?.plse do enlighten me.</p>
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		<title>By: nitkuma</title>
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		<dc:creator>nitkuma</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>when the ego is dead who will experience its absence?.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>when the ego is dead who will experience its absence?.</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
		<link>http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/egoic-issues-rising-to-the-surface-and-surrendering-fear-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-830</link>
		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Annie. I understand exactly what you mean about the knots. The knots are physical manifestations of tension and resistance in your ego. 

What thoughts and beliefs would you have to have to feel the emotions related to that tension? Chances are you haven&#039;t quite yet brought awareness to the root thoughts that create this tension. With clarity comes release.

Can you look at the tension and allow it to be there without trying to do anything about it in any way? Can you simply allow it to be? Don&#039;t manipulate. Just look.

Can you then allow it to release?

The two last paragraphs, bring them into your meditation and allow them to penetrate your entire being. Instead of using them as surface level mental questions, really dive in and feel the answer with your whole body.

The level of surrender I&#039;m talking about here, I&#039;m not talking about 98% surrender. I mean 100% surrender. Complete and TOTAL surrender to what is.

Experiment with this and then let me know if you experience any release.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Annie. I understand exactly what you mean about the knots. The knots are physical manifestations of tension and resistance in your ego. </p>
<p>What thoughts and beliefs would you have to have to feel the emotions related to that tension? Chances are you haven&#8217;t quite yet brought awareness to the root thoughts that create this tension. With clarity comes release.</p>
<p>Can you look at the tension and allow it to be there without trying to do anything about it in any way? Can you simply allow it to be? Don&#8217;t manipulate. Just look.</p>
<p>Can you then allow it to release?</p>
<p>The two last paragraphs, bring them into your meditation and allow them to penetrate your entire being. Instead of using them as surface level mental questions, really dive in and feel the answer with your whole body.</p>
<p>The level of surrender I&#8217;m talking about here, I&#8217;m not talking about 98% surrender. I mean 100% surrender. Complete and TOTAL surrender to what is.</p>
<p>Experiment with this and then let me know if you experience any release.</p>
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		<title>By: Annie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Ariel - I&#039;m kind of hitting this same thing myself at the moment - though I notice it&#039;s like I have a knot of conflict in my mind and can&#039;t seem to find the way in to start unravelling the resistance.  Even though I can be some what aware of awareness and the field, that knot/block of conflict and resistance is still being held firmly in mind and keeping the past coming around and concept of lack occurring.

I don&#039;t know if anyone else has had similar experiences in their undoing of egoic structures where you come up against what feels like a tight knot of conflict that no amount of being still with dissolves it.  

It feels like there must be some thoughts or judgements holding it in place that prevents the unravelling occurring.

If you have experience with this and found your way in please let me know how you went about it and discovered what was preventing the way &quot;in&quot; so to speak.

much love</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Ariel &#8211; I&#8217;m kind of hitting this same thing myself at the moment &#8211; though I notice it&#8217;s like I have a knot of conflict in my mind and can&#8217;t seem to find the way in to start unravelling the resistance.  Even though I can be some what aware of awareness and the field, that knot/block of conflict and resistance is still being held firmly in mind and keeping the past coming around and concept of lack occurring.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if anyone else has had similar experiences in their undoing of egoic structures where you come up against what feels like a tight knot of conflict that no amount of being still with dissolves it.  </p>
<p>It feels like there must be some thoughts or judgements holding it in place that prevents the unravelling occurring.</p>
<p>If you have experience with this and found your way in please let me know how you went about it and discovered what was preventing the way &#8220;in&#8221; so to speak.</p>
<p>much love</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Salut Scott! :)

Thank you for bringing up Descartes&#039; famous dictum.

More accurately, that statement should be something along the lines of:

&quot;Thought happens, therefore there is the belief in the existence of a separate self.&quot;

In Reality, there is no separate self as a real being. When one begins to inquire into one&#039;s true nature, there will be a sense of awareness found that is even prior to thought. At first it may seem that there is a separate self who is aware, but when one traces the sense of awareness back, it will be found that there is no separate self who is aware. There is only awareness itself being aware. There is only consciousness itself being conscious.

The idea of a separate self arises due to thinking and thus, on this limited level, Descartes&#039; statement was correct. When traced back even more fundamentally to find both who thinks and from where thought arises, it is found that there is no &quot;me&quot; that exists. Just pure existence itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Salut Scott! <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thank you for bringing up Descartes&#8217; famous dictum.</p>
<p>More accurately, that statement should be something along the lines of:</p>
<p>&#8220;Thought happens, therefore there is the belief in the existence of a separate self.&#8221;</p>
<p>In Reality, there is no separate self as a real being. When one begins to inquire into one&#8217;s true nature, there will be a sense of awareness found that is even prior to thought. At first it may seem that there is a separate self who is aware, but when one traces the sense of awareness back, it will be found that there is no separate self who is aware. There is only awareness itself being aware. There is only consciousness itself being conscious.</p>
<p>The idea of a separate self arises due to thinking and thus, on this limited level, Descartes&#8217; statement was correct. When traced back even more fundamentally to find both who thinks and from where thought arises, it is found that there is no &#8220;me&#8221; that exists. Just pure existence itself.</p>
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		<title>By: Ariel Bravy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ariel Bravy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey there Robin, it&#039;s good to see you. :)

I agree with you totally. There&#039;s nothing wrong with the ego and it can certainly serve us in this lifetime when recognized to be the tool that it is rather than something to identify with. By analogy, a hammer is a tool we can use, but it&#039;s not us. Thus the goal is not to get rid of the tool, but to let go of all false sense of identification with it.

You are also correct that surrendering the ego doesn&#039;t mean heading for non-existence, not really. Nevertheless, this is how it feels on an experiential level for what is experienced is literally the death of the self-image, the idea of a separate &quot;me&quot; as a real reality.

As you aptly pointed out, the &quot;death&quot; of the idea of an egoic self doesn&#039;t send one into non-existence, but rather into realization of the supreme existence as the One and the All.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey there Robin, it&#8217;s good to see you. <img src='http://www.youaretrulyloved.com/enlightenment/wp-includes/images/smilies/smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I agree with you totally. There&#8217;s nothing wrong with the ego and it can certainly serve us in this lifetime when recognized to be the tool that it is rather than something to identify with. By analogy, a hammer is a tool we can use, but it&#8217;s not us. Thus the goal is not to get rid of the tool, but to let go of all false sense of identification with it.</p>
<p>You are also correct that surrendering the ego doesn&#8217;t mean heading for non-existence, not really. Nevertheless, this is how it feels on an experiential level for what is experienced is literally the death of the self-image, the idea of a separate &#8220;me&#8221; as a real reality.</p>
<p>As you aptly pointed out, the &#8220;death&#8221; of the idea of an egoic self doesn&#8217;t send one into non-existence, but rather into realization of the supreme existence as the One and the All.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cogito, ergo sum - you think, therefore you exist.  How can one ponder his own existence while at the same time not exist?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cogito, ergo sum &#8211; you think, therefore you exist.  How can one ponder his own existence while at the same time not exist?</p>
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