Another good Daily Dharma from Tricycle:
Not The Self
“Physical form.... is not the self. If physical form were the self, this body would not lend itself to dis-ease. One could get physical form to be like this and not be like that. But precisely because physical form is not the self, it lends itself to dis-ease. And one cannot get physical form to be like this and not be like that.
"Feeling is not the self….Perception is not the self....Mental processes are not the self....
"Consciousness is not the self. If consciousness were the self, this consciousness would not lend itself to dis-ease. One could get consciousness to be like this and not be like that. But precisely because consciousness is not the self it lends itself to dis-ease. And one cannot get consciousness to be like this and not be like that.”
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu, The Mind Like Fire Unbound; from Everyday Mind, a Tricycle book edited by Jean Smith.
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