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... or, what Republican opponents of health care reform really believe, deep down--once we get past the cynical demagoguery about "death panels" and the pseudo-concern about "pulling the plug on Grandma".
I happened to be reminded today of this exchange between Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan (on September 25, 2009), which I thought at the time was ...
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... egoistic suggests that they are perfectly free from the state of egoism.
Therefore the Soul, or co-existence of Souls, is similar to be as if they were fetters ... situations are never always recognized well.
Not being egoistic is similar to being free from egoism.
Such situations can be seen sometimes, but can’t be seen sometimes.
4. A title “my†or a title “I†has become very weak ...
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... freedom.
That is why the Vivekachudamani cautions-
309. Even though completely rooted out, this terrible egoism, if revolved in the mind even for a moment, returns to life and creates hundreds of mischiefs, like ... in by the wind during the rainy season.
310. Overpowering this enemy, egoism, not a moment's respite should be given to it by thinking on the sense-objects. That is verily the cause ...
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... P. 151 new edition, commenting on R Aqiva and "v'ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha" R. Hirsch emphasises:
"Indeed the truth is that there is only ONE Aveira; selfishness, egoism. Once a person has freed himself from egoism, and his fellow man is dear to him[self] as his own soul, he is capable of performing ... All Mitzvos"
And so as per R. Hirsch
The fault lays not in ...
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... i relate to nothing
past is heavy but past is past and
i can only try to understand
egoism
too much self importance
perhaps
luxury of time
perhaps just series of bad events which were only beautiful
the irony
the facade we put on
penetrating time.
but not egoism.
it is relative but different.
i just know
the more i gain
the more lonely it is
but when people grow together
its ...
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... order and law can be in fact instruments of freedom against the slavery of egoism. To serve one another becomes an instrument of freedom, and here we can include a whole philosophy of politics ... resurrection of Christ, and in this way we have passed from the "flesh," from egoism, to communion with Christ. And so we are in the fullness of the law.
You probably all know St. Augustine ...
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