Illusory Identity II - Nothing remains exactly the same from one moment to the next. - Battlecry of Freedom

 

If not existing in the body, perhaps it may be felt that identity is therefore intangible, dwelling in energy or mind. Analysis, however, also cannot reveal anything that exists permanently and unchanging in the emotions or thoughts. Nothing remains exactly the same from one moment to the next. Through analysis the mind is discovered to be fundamentally empty.

The delusion that identity is a something, that exists independently, continually, and without changing, creates the need to protect and support it.

The illusion of a self-existent identity is isolating and selfish – I am in pain, which is much more important than your pain. The illusion of a self-existent identity prevents enjoyment and appreciation – you are happy, but I cannot appreciate it, because it is not my happiness.

Battlecry of Freedom by Ngakma Nor’dzin, Aro Books worldwide, 2019, ISBN 978-1-898185-46-8, Part II - the slogans, p. 81+82