[MD] Reet and the Weakest Link

[Platt Holden]

> > {Ron]
> >> the truth is only known to you.
> >> It's about developing that within yourself
> >> not a concrete definition that is
> >> universally agreed upon.
> >
> > But as you know, Buddhists and others here and elsewhere claim
> > the "self" is just an illusion. I guess this means anything you-the-
> > illusion believe to be true is also just an illusion. Makes one wonder
> how
> > we manage to get through the day -- but since "we" and "days" are
> > illusions, too, we can only conclude that reality is but a dream. But,
> > somehow I think it would be hard to convince a survivor of a suicide 
> > bomber
> > that her experience was just a figment of her imagination.
> >
> 
> Hi Platt,
> 
> Not an illusion.  Self is empty of inherent existence.
> 
> That the self is an independent entity is an illusion.
> 
> Marsha

Hi Marsha,

You mean there's another Marsha somewhere? One can only hope. :-) 

Platt