movingalways wrote:which means that when a person-suffering comes to the end of their consciousness of existence, they come to the end of death.
Moving has explained it rightly, and undoubtedly is on this path.
You'll find her meaning in 'consciousness of' existence and referring to awareness of time(suffering) or egotism(suffering).
As opposed to 'existence continues, but he is not aware of it'. Timeless, not subject to birth and death. Like a man in deep sleep, does nothing.
Well yeah ego=sense of self, so that's fine.Pye wrote:What do you think of the definition of 'ego' as one's sense of self? It's the condition of that sense that someone or other might parse about. But always and ever, one's sense of self - as the immediate, only and irrefutable access to anything. If you can see 'ego' in this context unreactively, that'd be neat, too. work for you?
The second part 'as the immediate, only and irrefutable access to anything' is the problem.
The point is that ego is a delusion. So I'm not sure how a delusional and impermanent sense is our only access to anything. Imagine a person saying that only a small part of their Self was 'me'- and that it was their foot, that's insanity for even the ordinary.
I'll accept the use of 'Self' despite how unnecessary it is, as a reference to our existence.
Yet 'looking' at existence, everything experienced is either 'in' Self and is Self, or don't use the word. 'I in you, you in me, unity'. No part of form is Self, that is egotism, the closest you can get is the whole experience of it or awareness.