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Re: symbolic reality is a thought

Posted by gar on 11/5/2007, 9:34 am, in reply to "symbolic reality is a thought"
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Greetings Josef,

It seems to me that consciousness is formed by language. Stopping the internal dialog requires practice and with a mind not influenced by "I".

in peace,
gar

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:Symbolic reality is a thought. To wake up is to see through one's false
: thinking :which creates a false reality, a separate reality.
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: Well said. Or: thought is symbolic reality. Exploring this alone,
: experientially, is fascinating. Non-reification experienced, actualized,
: realized. I've noticed quick access to this by simply becoming mentally
: non-verbal, which seems to automatically switch from analytical left-brain
: mode to spatial right-brain mode. One reason it seems to me reason
: Westerners over-cogitate Chinese philosophy...our language is verbal, left
: brain while the ideograms are pictoral, right brain. How difficult for us
: to simply let go of attacking them mentally with thought and allow
: intuitive perception to operate.
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Message Thread:

Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - josef 11/3/2007, 1:13 pm
- Re: Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - Steven 11/3/2007, 2:20 pm
  - Re: Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - josef 11/3/2007, 3:53 pm
    - correction - josef 11/3/2007, 3:58 pm
    - 2nd correction - josef 11/3/2007, 4:23 pm
    - Re: Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - Steven 11/4/2007, 9:27 am
      - Re: Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - josef 11/4/2007, 9:43 am
        
        p.s. - josef 11/4/2007, 10:03 am
        
        Re: p.s. - p.p.s. 11/4/2007, 10:23 am
        
        Re: p.s. - Steven 11/4/2007, 10:50 am
        
        Re: Practicing Nature Mysticism, a meditation - Steven 11/4/2007, 10:36 am
- all dharmas lead to Dharma - Lian Dao 11/4/2007, 1:32 am
  - Re: all dharmas lead to Dharma - Butch 11/4/2007, 12:17 pm
    - all taos return to Tao - Lian Dao 11/4/2007, 12:42 pm
      - taos is in new mexico. - Butch 11/4/2007, 6:08 pm
        
        ask Maitreya - Lian Dao 11/5/2007, 3:10 am
    - and all dust settles to dust - Lian Dao 11/4/2007, 1:07 pm
      - There is no mirror for the dust to alight on... except this one, the mirror of pure awareness. - Butch 11/4/2007, 7:57 pm
        
        Rivers are the long tongue of the Buddha and mountains are the body of the Dharma - Lian Dao 11/5/2007, 1:32 am
        
        chopping wood to fuel the fire - Lian Dao 11/5/2007, 6:08 am
        
        Re: chopping wood to fuel the fire - Wayne L 11/5/2007, 1:01 pm
        
        Mountains are mountains, streams are streams. And I am still in love. - Butch 11/5/2007, 8:35 am
        
        symbolic reality is a thought - josef 11/5/2007, 9:16 am
        
        Re: symbolic reality is a thought - gar 11/5/2007, 9:34 am
        
        consciousness - josef 11/5/2007, 10:34 am
        
        Re: consciousness - gar 11/5/2007, 11:06 am
        
        Re: consciousness - josef 11/5/2007, 12:19 pm
        
        getting out of context - Lian Dao 11/5/2007, 9:47 am
        
        the thought is the thinker of the thought - Lian Dao 11/5/2007, 9:33 am
    - and so on - Lian Dao 11/4/2007, 1:24 pm
    - Re: all dharmas lead to Dharma - Steven 11/4/2007, 1:37 pm
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--Previous Message-- : : Greetings Josef, : : It seems to me that consciousness is formed : by language. Stopping the internal dialog : requires practice and with a mind not : influenced by "I". : : in peace, : gar : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : :Symbolic reality is a thought. To wake up is : to see through one's false : thinking :which creates a false reality, a : separate reality. : : Well said. Or: thought is symbolic reality. : Exploring this alone, : experientially, is fascinating. : Non-reification experienced, actualized, : realized. I've noticed quick access to this : by simply becoming mentally : non-verbal, which seems to automatically : switch from analytical left-brain : mode to spatial right-brain mode. One reason : it seems to me reason : Westerners over-cogitate Chinese : philosophy...our language is verbal, left : brain while the ideograms are pictoral, : right brain. How difficult for us : to simply let go of attacking them mentally : with thought and allow : intuitive perception to operate. : : : : : : : :

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