Friends:

The illusion of an Ego is the Strongest Prison!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
'I am' is an illusion. 'This I am' is an illusion. 'I shall be' is an illusion.
'I shall not become this or that' is an illusion. 'I shall be of form'is an illusion. 'I shall become formless' is an illusion. 'I shall become endowed with perception' is an illusion. 'I shall become without any perception' is an illusion. 'I shall become neither with nor without
perception' is an illusion. Illusion is torture, illusion is a mind cancer, illusion is a thorn in the future. If, however, all illusion is overcome, one is called a stilled one, a sage. And the stilled one, the sage, is no more reborn, grows no more old, & does not cumulate future death..
Why not? That craving through which he could be reborn again does not exist anymore! If he is not reborn, how can he ever grow old?
If he never grows old, how can he ever die? If he never dies again, how can he ever be in panic and urge? If neither in panic nor urge, how can he still experience any craving?

Source Text (extract): Majjhima Nikaya 140: Analysis of the Elements:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.140.than.html

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