I think therefore I am that am I:
except that there's no one who knows.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Bombing the Base
When the practice breaks down under the onslaught of the Kilesas, it is time to investigate the very practitioner himself.
Quaking Kilesas at the centre of the heart.
Magic.
Blade Runner
I never saw the film nor read the book, but in the computer game, one story line has the protagonist discovering that he too is a Cyborg.
Such is the nature of mind: the personification of mental process.
Monday, February 20, 2012
What does it mean? Whom does it serve?
What does it mean? Object to be taken fairly literally: may be investigated, but the point is all within the second question.
Whom does it serve? Try to find the subject that benefits from this knowledge. Investigate what ever shows up. Don't get concerned with further questions about who is it that knows "that", keep it all down to just the two questions, keep it simple!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The Comprehensive Coin.
The four Aasavas, Views and Ignorance, Sense Desire and Eternal Existence. The first pair may be seen as two sides of the same coin, as also the second pair similarly for a second coin. Then again, both coins could be seen as a further two sides of a more encompassing coin: Outflows.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Don't Know and the Effort to Know.
"Not knowing" and "Don't Know" are merely misnomers for the effort-to-know within the mind of the unenlightened practitioner. Only in the mind of the Arahat is this the correct designation. For the rest of us it is a remaining activity that has yet to become clearly comprehended.