Enlightenment is the shocking realization that you actually exist.
Until you have this realization it is not possible to be truly grateful for only life can give thanks for life.
Friday, December 22, 2017
Thursday, December 21, 2017
An Unnatural Point of View
Man begins where nature ends; nature and man can never be friends.--Thomas Hardy
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
A Problematic Life
The best way to find happiness is to learn how to be unhappy. When you know how to be unhappy, you will be happy.
Your self-confidence will grow because you know how to deal with your problems. So when you know how to handle failure you will be successful.
Your self-confidence will grow because you know how to deal with your problems. So when you know how to handle failure you will be successful.
Problems are actually your zendo.--Shunryu Suzuki
Monday, October 30, 2017
The Wrong Way Is The Right Way
Why is it so difficult to attain enlightenment? It is because there is no right way, but there are many wrong ways.
To find the right way we must study the many wrong ways. The true way of living unfolds itself in our everyday lives through negation where mistakes and errors are the only sign posts directing our steps on the path toward enlightenment.
Eventually we discover that the way is the goal and that the wrong way is the right way.
To find the right way we must study the many wrong ways. The true way of living unfolds itself in our everyday lives through negation where mistakes and errors are the only sign posts directing our steps on the path toward enlightenment.
Eventually we discover that the way is the goal and that the wrong way is the right way.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
A Conspiracy Theory
There are four facts of the human condition that conspire against us and that threaten to enslave our minds and our hearts.
I will explain each in turn.
Ignorance of the true meaning of our existence
Such ignorance obscures the ultimate meaning of our existence. However, to ask what is the meaning of your life is to put your foot into a nihilistic trap as the ultimate meaning cannot be understood by the intellect. In this context, Viktor Frankl speaks of the ultimate meaning of life as so comprehensive that it is incomprehensible.
The correct question to ask oneself is how do I free my mind from confusion so that the question of an ultimate meaning becomes moot?
The delusion of psychological time
Chronological time moves moment to moment. It is directly related to nature. Psychological time, on the other hand, is created by thought. It creates a past and a future that has no direct relationship with reality. It distorts chronological time as though one were looking at reality through a prism.
The belief that we are separate from the experience
It is an unfortunate fact that we are born under the delusion that we exist apart from reality. In our minds, the experiencer and the experience appear to be separate--that is, we imagine that the ego is actually having the experience when it is merely a witness to that experience and an unreliable one at that. In truth, you are the experience.
A form of amnesia that leaves us vulnerable to repeating past mistakes
This particular form of amnesia arises from the fact that memory cannot recreate a past experience in our minds. Consequently, relying on memory as a prescient guide is problematic. See Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness for a fuller description of memory's peccadilloes.
- Ignorance of the true meaning of our existence
- The delusion of psychological time
- The belief that we are separate from the experience
- A form of amnesia that leaves us vulnerable to repeating past mistakes
I will explain each in turn.
Ignorance of the true meaning of our existence
Such ignorance obscures the ultimate meaning of our existence. However, to ask what is the meaning of your life is to put your foot into a nihilistic trap as the ultimate meaning cannot be understood by the intellect. In this context, Viktor Frankl speaks of the ultimate meaning of life as so comprehensive that it is incomprehensible.
The correct question to ask oneself is how do I free my mind from confusion so that the question of an ultimate meaning becomes moot?
The delusion of psychological time
Chronological time moves moment to moment. It is directly related to nature. Psychological time, on the other hand, is created by thought. It creates a past and a future that has no direct relationship with reality. It distorts chronological time as though one were looking at reality through a prism.
The belief that we are separate from the experience
It is an unfortunate fact that we are born under the delusion that we exist apart from reality. In our minds, the experiencer and the experience appear to be separate--that is, we imagine that the ego is actually having the experience when it is merely a witness to that experience and an unreliable one at that. In truth, you are the experience.
A form of amnesia that leaves us vulnerable to repeating past mistakes
This particular form of amnesia arises from the fact that memory cannot recreate a past experience in our minds. Consequently, relying on memory as a prescient guide is problematic. See Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness for a fuller description of memory's peccadilloes.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Universal Knowledge
Love your discontent. Never be satisfied with anything anyone tells you. Be in constant revolt against all that is known. Wait patiently at the door to the unknown.
Do not ask me how to find that door for you already know my answer.
Do not ask me how to find that door for you already know my answer.
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