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Originally Posted by inavalan
[1] - Interesting position ... You don't know what "ego" is, but you want let go of it. Probably because you heard / read others advise it. There is a good reason your personality has an ego.
[2] - Buddha said he never awakened others, and those who believe differently are "foolish people"; he continued that people are not born foolish, but those who believe that he can awaken them are foolish (Diamond Sutra, chapter #25). Surely, Buddha didn't say others couldn't either.
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Ha! welcome to my paradox. Yeah, it seems absurd. However, thats what I get for over analyzing everything.
I wouldn't force anyone to awaken. That's foolish. Yet, helping those that want to be helped is entirely different.