ego claiming the "prize"

[Gregory Goode]

At 01:25 PM 4/3/98 -0330, Gummuluru Murthy wrote:

>The Self is unattached and has no
>claims. If any claim is made, it has to be done by the ego only and
>nothing else. And, if the ego dies, there is only pure jnAnam.

This is very well said, "If any claim is made, it has to be done by the ego
only and
nothing else."

This reminds me of a joke I read in a book by Robert Adams (student of
Ramana Maharshi):

        "Let's have a jnAni conference.
        Everyone who shows up will be disqualified."

--Greg