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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:59 am
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Sophist How do you define essence? True "I am"'s. What one Is.
Quote: How does it differ from personality? To analogize it, Essence is ones naked form. Personality is ones Clothing choice.
Quote: How can one know their own essence? The only awnser I can give with out oversteping my bounds as a Student, rather then a teacher is.....Constant Critical and True Self observation.
Quote: What does one's essence have to do with one's personal religious choice? We were talking of Paths. Where one's Religious choice is closely tied to ones path, I do not see them as the same thing.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:14 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:33 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:31 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:19 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:40 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:21 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:31 am
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Sophist Ethermus Prime Sophist What are the identifiable qualities of essence? Question is beyond my knowledge base. That's unfortunate. I assumed you knew what you meant when you divided being into two separate categories. Perhaps it's not a good idea to confuse the OP with these different ways of defining one's self if you can't even offer her the qualities she should be able to look for when trying to take a path suitable to her essence- or even to understand what her essence is in the first place. Adding more layers without offering her the tools to identify and understand them would just be confusing to her at this time.
If you say so, though I recall being quite impeccable with my word and commenting on Self observation. Determining why one does anything that one does. This being the Tool (other then aid from Teacher) I use. Hell I've been doing this a while, < I > Still don't even know most of my essence.
My advice is perfectly sound even with out the utilizations of knowledge pertaining to the layers of Essence, Nature, and Personality.
If my previous statement was not Suitable for you, Oh Sophist, then allow me to rephrase:
"Do not search for one selfs in a Path, Search for ones Path in ones Self"
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:33 am
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Ethermus Prime Sophist Ethermus Prime Sophist What are the identifiable qualities of essence? Question is beyond my knowledge base. That's unfortunate. I assumed you knew what you meant when you divided being into two separate categories. Perhaps it's not a good idea to confuse the OP with these different ways of defining one's self if you can't even offer her the qualities she should be able to look for when trying to take a path suitable to her essence- or even to understand what her essence is in the first place. Adding more layers without offering her the tools to identify and understand them would just be confusing to her at this time. If you say so, though I recall being quite impeccable with my word and commenting on Self observation. Determining why one does anything that one does. This being the Tool (other then aid from Teacher) I use. Hell I've been doing this a while, < I > Still don't even know most of my essence. My advice is perfectly sound even with out the utilizations of knowledge pertaining to the layers of Essence, Nature, and Personality. If my previous statement was not Suitable for you, Oh Sophist, then allow me to rephrase: "Do not search for one selfs in a Path, Search for ones Path in ones Self"
It may work for you, and that's fine. But if you can't offer someone the actual definition of what essence is, and what its identifiable qualities are, then it's hardly sound advice to tell someone they should search for it. That's like telling someone they should get in touch with their zabbamefoo through careful self-searching and questioning but- what is it? Couldn't tell you. How can one find it? A mystery as well.
There are many different ways to define self. "Self" as a concept is slippery at best, as there are many ways to approach it, identify it, substantiate it, etc. Again- vague language does not help anyone.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:04 pm
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