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Message: [QUOTE="PacoSwede, post: 5025824, member: 120"] great! this is not uconn bb related, but since you're familiar with buddhism, perhaps you (or anyone) have some ideas about my puzzlement. i of course have been interested in buddhists beliefs. i immediately saw the parallels to my own 'enlightenment' and imagined that i could find plenty of buddhists and get insights from them. it has been more than 50 years now and even with access to many resources via the internet these days, it's really tough to find to others who share my insights. sure, the concept of oneness and the problem of overcoming the ego are mentioned often. the mystics are fascinating and have a long history -- and not only in buddhism. i read about such stuff and think "yes, yes. [I]they[/I] [I]get[/I] [I]it[/I]. finally!" [U]but then they don't.[/U] it seems at the last minute they can't get beyond their egos. they have accepted that it presents a roadblock, talk about overcoming it, but repeatedly fall in the trap. everything always comes down to [I]them[/I]. do only the truly enlightened defeat this? is it that difficult and rare? or do those who in the end do overcome simply have no need, or ability, to speak of it? a puzzlement i have yet to solve. ...[I] not that it matters,[/I] [I]ha ha[/I]. [/QUOTE]