--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip>] > > > > Different from our perception, but logically reasonable > > > > and plausible. From that, I think is a crack in the > > > > cage by which the astute may wiggle free. (Which > > > > counters the notion prevalent is some new age and neo- > > > > advaita groups that the intellect is the problem, the > > > > enemy.) > > > > > > Well, but isn't that because the intellect, having > > > realized that others have their own perspectives, are > > > > I see your point. However, my thought, perhaps weakly > > conveyed, is that if we can get to a reference free, > > or bias-free state -- where the light -- so to speak > > is white or clear -- comprehensive of all spectrums, > > not colored by a limited spectrum, then we see what > > actually is -- not just the color of the limited > > spectrum (of our individuality). > > Sure, but isn't the intellect (the working mind, not > the abstraction) exactly what inhibits getting to the > reference-free state?
Perhaps. but we may be using terms a bit differently. to clarify my terms, to me, mind is the reservoir of thoughts -- a passive thing. You can't actively "force; or command a thought to come. Across the hall from mind is memory -- impressions (not necessarily the actual perception at the time) of experience. And results of internal inquiry. Third is intellect -- that links one thought to another, applies logic, apprehends causality, chooses this over that, etc. A fourth thing, is intuition, which I feel personally are conclusions, learnings, and experiences from past lives -- that we can't put a finger on "why" -- but it sees right. My limited experience is that an eureka moment comes when we see that everything is a projection of our individual light onto the world -- as is the perception of others via their own spectrum of light. When that occurs, then the intellect, with a dash of intuition, can begin to pry loose the facades we mistake for reality -- and begin to shine a whiter (though not necessarily, initially, pure white) light on things. As may be obvious, I am a fan of intellect and see it as a tool not something to shun or push out the door. I don't think there is a fundamental mistake of the intellect. As I view it today, the mistake is caused by darkness -- seeing things in dim light -- and projecting what light we have in a limited spectrum. Crank up the amps on the light, and purify it towards white light -- and that which is becomes clearer.
