I like this essay. I think of 'live as you like but renounce internally' as 'be in the world but not of it'. For me, both statements say play the game of living as you want in the external world of appearance while internally renouncing the external as appearance and knowing the real is internal or essential self. I think of my objective knowledge as belonging to the world of appearance and being as real and true as the world of appearance. Likewise, I consider knowledge within my dream to be true only within my dream. My awareness emerged as I learned and reflected about 20 years ago. For me, a big part of disproving my ego's existence is awareness that Real I or Self has been present for as long as I know, and I am confident was present and will be present before and after that, and awareness that ego emerged when I was a child and I am confident will die with my body.
On Oct 11, 2024 David Doane wrote :