{"id":2380,"date":"2009-06-10T22:29:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2009-06-10T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T14:31:13","slug":"only-when-i-lose-my-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/06\/only-when-i-lose-my-self\/","title":{"rendered":"Only When I Lose My ‘Self’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the chorus of ‘Only When I Lose Myself’ by Depeche Mode:<\/p>\n

‘It’s only when I lose myself in someone else
\nThat I find myself
\nI find myself’…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… in the depths of Samsara or that of true Nirvana?
\nLose your self-delusion to realise the ‘true-self’ of ‘non-self’ – one’s Buddha-nature!<\/p>\n

For those who have not tasted meditative jhanic bliss,
\nthere is probably no higher bliss than sexual bliss,
\nthat melting pot of all sensual pleasures rolled into one.
\nSpiritual bliss however, is much more sublime than physical highs.<\/p>\n

Any sensual bliss in the world,
\nany heavenly bliss,
\nisn’t worth one sixteenth-sixteenth
\nof the bliss of the ending of craving.<\/p>\n

– The Buddha (Raja Sutta)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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