Exploring our Essential Selves

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August 21, 2019 at 11:51 am #308887

Anonymous
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Dear Peggy:

I figure if a spirit survives my death, it is a spirit that is not changed with a learning done after birth, in school or elsewhere. It is a spirit that is independent of which environment I happen to be born into and what input I receive from the environment.

“would there be any real point in an earthly existence if all that learning was wasted at the time of death?”- outside leaving behind one’s written/ typed words, photos, videos, recordings, works of arts, any kind of tangible work left behind, memories in the brains of the living, biological children- there is nothing else that we leave: no ghost form of our bodies and no ghost form of the millions of thoughts that passed through our brain during our lifetime.

anita

August 22, 2019 at 10:10 am #308969

Peggy
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Thanks, Anita.

Peggy

August 22, 2019 at 10:31 am #308971

Anonymous
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You are welcome, Peggy.

anita

September 8, 2019 at 2:41 am #310807

Prash
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Dear Peggy,

I was drawn to this post after I read some of the insightful responses that you have given to other members of the tiny buddha community. I look forward to read more of your responses.

Take care

September 8, 2019 at 7:46 am #310825

Peggy
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Dear Prash,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share that with me. I truly appreciate it.

Peggy

September 8, 2019 at 9:53 am #310843

Prash
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Dear Peggy,

Quoting from your original post –

The more I remember – The more I can taste the sweet taste of life itself. We all came from the same place and we are all going to the same place. Life is that journey. And then there is no sweeter taste than being fully present in the here and now.

My journey in to the question of “who am I” started with this concept. Ashes to Ashes. When I remind myself of this commonality about our origin and destination, the differences seem to dissolve. The influence of the mind, the thought process is a bit of paradox. When I think, is when I am able to start seeing oneness and at the same time it is the same process that seems to note the external differences.

Moments of peace for me are in the absence of thought when that oneness is felt and realized, though that is something that cannot be described in words. And more moments of the same I hope will lead me to that essential self.

Thank you again for your presence here.

September 8, 2019 at 10:22 am #310847

Peggy
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Thank you, Prash.

I’m a little tired right now. I prefer to think of us as one rather than we are all one. We all share the same planet and all breathe into and out of the same air. Our bodily mechanics work in exactly the same way and our basic requirements are the same. We all have an influence on those around us, some of us are more aware of this than others. Life, generally, gets in the way of us giving too much thought to what lies beyond or even to what our purpose on Earth might be. Living in the present is the only place to be.

May you have many more peaceful moments and thank you for your response.

Peggy
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