You aren’t your stupid khakis, or your car, or your bank account…
In my previous post, I stressed the importance of regarding yourself as more than just a physical body. I wanted to give a quote from Manly P. Hall’s “Lectures on Ancient Philosophy”. If you haven’t checked out his lectures on virtually everything, I highly suggest you give him a read. Or listen, they have audio lectures online as well. I’ll leave a link at the bottom of the post. Regarding the student of ancient metaphysics, ” Such a one regards his own bodies as shadows that encircle him, as planets encircle their sovereign sun. All his forms he views as something apart from himself for he is formless, and though functioning in a sphere of generation he is not deluded by his workmanship. Gazing up on the personalities he has objectified, he must say: ” I am not they. They come forth from me to do my bidding and furnish the garment of my experience. They are like hands and feet which move at my command, an...
