--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > I suspect that all techniques of > > self realization are placebos. > > If time and space don't exist or don't exist as the agency of the > creation, then yes- all placebos. However, immersing ourselves in > time > and space as tools to explore self realization, then techniques are > just that, shortcuts. If I can wait three weeks to drive a nail > through a pine two by four with my hand, no technique needed, > otherwise I'll use a hammer.
And couldn't this possibly be because most of the people around you, for most of your life, have done their best to convince you that a hammer is the "right" tool for pounding a nail? I've met nutcase martial artists who can pound a nail into a two-inch board with their hands. It's not the most practical of skills :-), but for them it takes no less time than it would take you to do the same thing with your "society-approved" hammer.
