Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
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Readings from The Island, Session 20 – Feb. 7, 2025

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3. “I have never come to the bottom of this self or not self, and I come to the point where I just give up. Should I worry?” Answered by Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno. [Self-identity view ] [Not-self] // [Present moment awareness] [Proliferation] [Insight meditation] [Knowing itself] [Relinquishment]

Reflection by Ajahn Amaro: This which knows the person is not a person. [Personality]

Follow-up: “This goes strongly against what we experience outside of Amaravati; in work life there is very strong identity. To find a balance is very challenging.”

Response by Ajahn Pasanno: “Identification is the glue that holds suffering together.” [Suffering] [Non-identification]

Quote: “When were you ever made any the less by dying?” — Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. Quoted by Ajahn Amaro. [Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī] [Death] [Right View]