tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11899719.post1348949578659416981..comments2023-09-28T10:19:37.800+01:00Comments on The Word of Sinna Luvva: Thought For The MomentMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11899719.post-51566417382216282572008-10-03T12:56:00.000+01:002008-10-03T12:56:00.000+01:00Thanks for your comments - essentially I feel like...Thanks for your comments - essentially I feel like Paul. [At other times I could do with a dash of certainty]. <BR/><BR/>It's almost as if the questioning and doubts are more basic than ego, in some ways akin to the Freudian id - fulfilling some basic need.<BR/><BR/>TOF - is questioning really an ego trip? To some extent it's dependent on the basis of our questioning. Are the questions raised because <BR/>i)we want to know <BR/>ii)because we know better or <BR/>iii)is it a more basic necessity for this bundle of sensations that forms us?<BR/><BR/>gracerules - "I am trying to live my life in dialogue not debate" - I think that falls into category i)<BR/>Thanks for the stimulation your blog provides.<BR/><BR/>Just a little off-the-cuff response.Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689748152958264110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11899719.post-13793543083504799862008-10-02T16:23:00.000+01:002008-10-02T16:23:00.000+01:00Malcolm - Thanks for the link.Oxcliff Fox - you sa...Malcolm - Thanks for the link.<BR/><BR/>Oxcliff Fox - you said "let's be honest, questioning itself is a bit of an ego-trip, isn't it" ... that is a good point and something to be aware of. It isn't easy living between the tension of believing and questioning - but how else will I position myself to possibly be able to recognize when I have been wrong. I am trying to live my life in dialogue not debate - in a state of learning something not proving or making someone else prove something. Like I said - it isn't easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11899719.post-32247443518487003822008-10-02T05:00:00.000+01:002008-10-02T05:00:00.000+01:00This raises an interesting question: does spiritua...This raises an interesting question: does spirituality healthily reinforce the ego (as both Jung and Tillich believed) or does it promote ego-less-ness? And let's be honest, questioning itself is a bit of an ego-trip, isn't it? A kind of arrogance? But one thing I am sure of is that too much cetainty in one's faith is a sign of spiritual immatuity.The Oxcliffe Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341895023896499827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11899719.post-12684939262429710892008-09-30T14:28:00.000+01:002008-09-30T14:28:00.000+01:00It is the questions and the doubts that make me fe...It is the questions and the doubts that make me feel alive.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536102483146881252noreply@blogger.com