Give up? I read it exactly the opposite. Take control. Maybe I'm mixing my stoicism with my Erisian Mysterees, but it's saying to give up on what you don't control, and take control of what you do. Which pretty much consists on what takes place between your ears, the echoing void of your own little pocket dimension.
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This fragment tries to show that sometimes the answers to life's problems are simpler than we think, and the help we seek might actually be a matter of awareness and simple action. For me it's a form of giving up
Can you explain that more? To me, giving up would just be keeping doing what you've always done, while making a change, even in mindset is taking action.
It is simply a higher form of manifestation that cannot be understood by everyone because where there is no ego, there is a transformation of matter. We can strive and perform miracles, but this would never compare to the creation of self-denial. Where you deny yourself, there is no ego, and where there is no ego, miracles happen.
Ah, so are you using "giving up" as letting go of the ego? I don't like the term "self-denial", but I think I get what you're getting at.
The thing is, I don't think we give up the ego once and for all, but only in moments, much like non-thinking during (eastern) meditation.
The thing I don't know is if you are using this as an excuse for not making steps today to improve your life today. If so, stop. 😁
BTW, does your name come from Discordia, or just coincidence?
I think the same as you, that we let go the ego at the certain moments. During all the times, most of us either resist or pretend to be humble or without ego. Human wickedness is an unavoidable part of life, so for me, self-denial is the most accurate term. When you denial yourself, you also give up wickedness.
Hum. So to you self-denial means giving up the ego? Or is it simpler than that, just realizing that you aren't the center of the universe? That is a form of exercise that makes giving up the ego easier, so it's something I try to do.