tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889910938799271565.post4023511053077393025..comments2024-03-16T10:58:10.065-04:00Comments on Consciousness Unbound: Notes on Self-Transformation Michael Grossohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044309674467126746noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889910938799271565.post-30438249765389735192017-04-04T08:05:00.118-04:002017-04-04T08:05:00.118-04:00The elephant in the room for me is.. if I am messe...The elephant in the room for me is.. if I am messed up or dysfunctional in some unconscious way, how do I change myself, beyond a certain point? Even if I see a therapist, I am still the one who ultimately has to make the changes. It is like a stupid person trying to teach himself to be highly intelligent, or trying to do brain surgery on oneself with infected tools..The flawed one is also the one who is trying to make the changes..<br />'Just get rid of desire' the Buddhists say..o.k, but isn't that just yet another form of desire..<br />Being human seems like such a double bind sometimes.<br />Could it all be some kind of cosmic entertainment/ movie/ maya, the awakening from which is a matter of grace, whether you spend your life attending business meetings, meditating on a mountain top or drinking cheap wine in the gutter?<br />Maybe God knows everything's ultimately & forever just fine, & he's up there with a big bag of buttered popcorn, not wanting this act in the amazing show to end just yet..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com