--- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Jun 1, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Richard M wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajradhatu@> wrote: > >> > > [snip] > >> A causal path is a gradual path where the result may be glimpsed > >> along the way, but the end result is in the future. Such paths > >> can be described as having a structure View (the way-of-seeing) > >> -> Path -> Fruit (or realization). > >> > >>>> What about acausal pathless paths? > >> > >> In a pathless path one gains the perspective or View of realization, > >> the Fruit, from the beginning; and then applies the Fruit as the > >> Path. > > > > Why bother? If you've "got fruit" you've got fruit. > > It's basically the difference between sudden realization vs. gradual > realization. Some people have the capacity to realize their essential > fruitiness :-) other have to plant a seed, grow a tree and wait for > the fruit to ripen.
Much more comprehensible. By comparison "acausal pathless paths" is just pompous. Some musicians have perfect pitch; some have to work at it. The former are not on an "acausal pathless path" and the use of such pseudo- analytical language is hardly going to help anyone tune their guitar? [snip]
