Another odd thought that has occured to me that I would like to 'bounce' off of others here if I may...  We are to move in the direction of dispassion, of removal of the "I/me" now so that in the end we will be more of what we can be, than if we had trapped ourselves in self-conceptualizations... and to do this, seeking only the love of God (I think - is this right?)  Is there a tradition or something along these lines (I have gotten some hints of it from some lives of the Saints but I could be mis-reading), where one constantly sees himself as an outsider, perhaps as a "he" instead of an "I", as a process to be more conscience of one's own movements and thoughts?  Example: (I don't do this, by the way - it is just by way of example) Instead of referring to myself as "I", I might refer to myself as "he", as if I am talking about somebody else entirely.  And not just when speaking to others, but also when speaking to myself.  So that, when I am walking down the street, I don't see it as myself walking down t
he street, but rather as "him" - almost as if a story-line was unfolding... and by doing this, if I was about to fall into sin, I would see "him" falling into sin, and then catch myself before I go forward in the sin...  Is this making any sense?  -Kenneth  -- :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: :-: [1][log in to unmask] - NJ Rational Mystics BBS 908/241-8528       :-: :-: Waffle 1.65 - FX-UUCICO/32-bit - Amanda1j - YARN 0.91            -: :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:                           : *******************************************It is later than you think.

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