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Originally Posted by Greenslade
The Spiritual teachers - and most on this forum it seems know so little about what you're calling the 'phantom self' and - technical jargon aside - agree with you. The confusion arises because the "body-mind-individuated-matrix" doesn't like itself and seeks to ignore the 'human aspects' of itself in order to identify with the Spiritual aspects, thereby coming into conflict with itself and being ignorant that thebody-mind-individuated-matrix is the source of their Spirituality and beliefs.
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Once again this is just your perspective, which of course you think is valid. Your pronouncements are statements of belief, not statements of fact. Others have different perspectives which are equally valid to them.
We can consider spirituality as the process of identifying with the consciousness which functions through the
body-mind-individuated-matrix. This is nothing to do with the
body-mind-individuated-matrix disliking itself and seeking to ignore the human aspects of itself. Instead consciousness accepts the
body-mind-individuated-matrix with all its limitations, recognising that the
body-mind-individuated-matrix are just vehicles of expression in the worlds of form. And ultimately the
body-mind-individuated-matrix is not that important.
It is this identification with consciousness which is the source of peoples' spirituality. The
body-mind-individuated-matrix may have particular beliefs but the identification with consciousness transcends all beliefs.
And of course, this is just my perspective, based on my own experience.
Peace