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Posted by josef on 1/16/2008, 8:09 am, in reply to "Re: pop recognition of ancient wisdom"
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: And this runs directly counter to much
: "ancient wisdom!"
: The "Diamond Sutra" begings by
: asking, amost other things, "how can I
: control my mind?" Indeed, meditation
: techniques are basically about controlling
: the mind. And it's not passive control, it's
: sitting on the mind and whipping it into
: shape!
I disagree, Fastovsky, that's exactly what the old wisdom is about. It's not about "sitting on the mind and whipping it into shape", but being aware of what mind is doing, observing the activity of thought, and in that state of bare, direct attention thoughts aren't being churned out, mind settles and falls quiet naturally, effortlessly.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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