Posted by Nina on 4/28/2011, 8:20 pm, in reply to "Re: "unnecessary" thinking"
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: I think introspection (a form of thinking)
: is a good thing, Nina. No introspection, no
: growth.
:
: I think the "stop thinking so
: much" crowd (which I know you're not a
: part of, because you like to think about
: this shit as much as I do) are searching
: desperately for an "enemy" and
: think they've found one in the form of their
: pesky thoughts.
:
: People need a convenient enemy who is the
: barrier to "enlightenment."
:
: For some it's Satan. For others it's
: "thinking too much."
:
Steve-
Is it possible your assessment of me is incorrect? :-) Thinking about me thinking?
Maybe you were right when we were communicating more a few years ago, but now I tend to feel when I think too much I lose the ability to tune into the process of Dao.
Sure, "thinking too much" can be seen as an enemy to some people. But an enemy is something one needs to fight against? That requires more thinking?
I have enough stuff I need to think about - like remembering what day my rent is due.
Introspection? The only place that gets me is...... wondering WTF I'm doing what I'm doing.
I don't know.
Do you?
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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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