@@zenconfidential25 Thanks also for explaining how Freud uses the word "ego" - but I'm mainly (mis)remembering how you used self-hypnosis tapes to improve gameplay.
Dissolving that boundary between the self one thinks they are and the outside world. Connecting instead of grasping and trying to extract as much as one can from this world. Great video Jack, really elucidated a very complex topic. Thanks again 😊
@@zenconfidential25 it was quite coherent ! And succinct. Very complex topic. I'd love to see you tackle this one in even greater depth sometime. Maybe even get into the comparison between zen's verison of no self and the Advaita Vedanta version of self as this all encompassing God like entity (if I'm correct about this lol). Anyway thanks again Jack, great video as always !
Everything is empty of inherent existence. Everything comes about through various causes and conditions. Therefore, there is no inherently existent self. Ego mostly arises in how we imagine we appear to others or to an imagined outside observer. Like the taste of a soup or a sauce, the "taste" of the self is the product of many different "ingredients". Seems solid and "real", but is as real as a face in the clouds, appearing and disappearing.
I am not a big fan of "killing the ego". Already the very socialization to which we are "condemned" in our childhood is a fostering of the ego. Let's call it "I". It is an active organizing and limiting principle (angustus /angĕre (to squeeze, to tighten, to squeeze) necessary to a certain extent. Within its structures lie the keys to your personality. In my experience the more space there is in you, the less havoc this dynamic causes faster than your body. That's why I live in a time 2/4....certain that it is more fucked up because you realize everything that wants to intrude on your consciousness, you have no choice but to settle in hara.... That's why I go swimming in the open sea, I eat the ocean 🌊 after a while I'm already going mermaid 🧜♀ It's my acceleration cure strategy. In the end you get fond of those parts...now softened. I've got my ego bamboozled with the story that behind its limits there is its most beautiful face, the one it had before my parents were born ...It works for me....😜
Yes, it must have been a looong time, indeed ... what S. Freud really worked on quite intensely was the psycho-institutional model of the trinity/tripod of Id-Ego-Superego. Looked, at first, like You forgot the Superego - yet, it was all over the place: "Roshi says...!" And what is the standard zen-ish advice/medicine: "Just relax!" Ain´t it? - What´s all that really mean, I wonder. -Greetings from good old Germany
"rather than affirming or reifying this self, your job is to -- give it away!" What is it that gives the self away? That would be like a fist trying to punch itself.
It's like asking how is it that a small thing grows into a bigger thing. A small thing, like a seed, can't become bigger than itself, logically impossible! And yet.
@@zenconfidential25 Good answer, the Tathagatagarbha teachings (on which the Chan/Zen schools are based) refer to the process as UNCOVERING...but not as a willful action. Giving something away or casting it off is a willful action.
your teacher's words devastated 'me' ..... peace
Peace my friend.
This one's a gem. ..no thoughts other than: great, and deep thanks. It will keep me topped off for a while.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you.
I'm mainly here for the stories about your basketball career. It brings me much joy. 😀
Oh man, do I have those! Hmmm....ya got me thinking.....
@@zenconfidential25 Thanks also for explaining how Freud uses the word "ego" - but I'm mainly (mis)remembering how you used self-hypnosis tapes to improve gameplay.
I need all of these talks.
That's a kind thing to say, thank you.
Dissolving that boundary between the self one thinks they are and the outside world. Connecting instead of grasping and trying to extract as much as one can from this world. Great video Jack, really elucidated a very complex topic. Thanks again 😊
Thank you. I had to edit it all in one day so I have been wondering if it's...coherent.
@@zenconfidential25 it was quite coherent ! And succinct. Very complex topic. I'd love to see you tackle this one in even greater depth sometime. Maybe even get into the comparison between zen's verison of no self and the Advaita Vedanta version of self as this all encompassing God like entity (if I'm correct about this lol). Anyway thanks again Jack, great video as always !
Great video, must be my third time watching because of the size of my ego!
I feel ya!!! ;)
Well done, this is great.
Thank you my friend.
really enjoy your whole vibe and eccentricity. subscribed! :) great video
Welcome aboard! Thank you for joining this motley crew! ;)
Thank you 🙏
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you for this.
My pleasure! thank you for saying so.
I love how the dragon and the pine cone have a life of their own :)
I know!! We just had some kids over from next door and they could not put that dragon down!!
Yes, that's exactly my excuse when I play with dragons@@zenconfidential25
Everything is empty of inherent existence.
Everything comes about through various causes and conditions.
Therefore, there is no inherently existent self.
Ego mostly arises in how we imagine we appear to others or to an imagined outside observer.
Like the taste of a soup or a sauce, the "taste" of the self is the product of many different "ingredients".
Seems solid and "real", but is as real as a face in the clouds, appearing and disappearing.
Amen. My self leaves a pretty bad aftertaste! ;-)
God, whose love and joy are present everywhere,
Can't come to visit you unless you aren't there
Angelus Silesius
"The result is that instead of trying to fortify the ego you are free of the ego."
What is it that is free of the ego?
the suffering self
I just watched I’m sort of struggling
struggling how so?
I am not a big fan of "killing the ego". Already the very socialization to which we are "condemned" in our childhood is a fostering of the ego. Let's call it "I". It is an active organizing and limiting principle (angustus /angĕre (to squeeze, to tighten, to squeeze) necessary to a certain extent. Within its structures lie the keys to your personality.
In my experience the more space there is in you, the less havoc this dynamic causes faster than your body.
That's why I live in a time 2/4....certain that it is more fucked up because you realize everything that wants to intrude on your consciousness, you have no choice but to settle in hara....
That's why I go swimming in the open sea, I eat the ocean 🌊 after a while I'm already going mermaid 🧜♀
It's my acceleration cure strategy. In the end you get fond of those parts...now softened.
I've got my ego bamboozled with the story that behind its limits there is its most beautiful face, the one it had before my parents were born ...It works for me....😜
Bamboozle the ego! Let's put that on a T-shirt.
@@zenconfidential25 jajajajajaj
Thanks!
Are those lectures of your teacher accessible somewhere online?
I wish they were! Maybe some day.
Yes, it must have been a looong time, indeed ... what S. Freud really worked on quite intensely was the psycho-institutional model of the trinity/tripod of Id-Ego-Superego. Looked, at first, like You forgot the Superego - yet, it was all over the place: "Roshi says...!" And what is the standard zen-ish advice/medicine: "Just relax!" Ain´t it? - What´s all that really mean, I wonder.
-Greetings from good old Germany
Well said! Thank you my friend!
Thank you for your inspiring videos!@@zenconfidential25
"In Zen, the self arises from the interaction between the inside and the outside"
Inside and outside of what?
In a relative sense, anything. Anything and everything has an inside and an outside.
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Can you see the periphery between inside and outside?
"rather than affirming or reifying this self, your job is to -- give it away!"
What is it that gives the self away?
That would be like a fist trying to punch itself.
It's like asking how is it that a small thing grows into a bigger thing. A small thing, like a seed, can't become bigger than itself, logically impossible! And yet.
@@zenconfidential25
Good answer, the Tathagatagarbha teachings (on which the Chan/Zen schools are based) refer to the process as UNCOVERING...but not as a willful action. Giving something away or casting it off is a willful action.