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Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week<br><br>
April 14, 2007 <br><br>
EGO TRUSTS COMPLEXITY<br><br>
Solidifying by the ego of its space is based on an attitude which trusts
complexity. Ego places its trust on very complicated answers, complicated
logic. Satipatthana [the sitting practice of meditation] is a way of
simplifying the logical mind, the logical mind which...attempts to
fixate, hold onto, grasp, and thus is continually projecting something
definite and solid. So the basic practice of simplifying every activity
of the mind into just breathing or bodily movement reduces the intensity
of the Rudra [or ego] of body.<br><br>
From "Laying the Foundation" in THE DAWN OF TANTRA, page
9.<br><br>
Of interest to readers: <br><br>
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