This is why Molly end her snippets with the direct demand: "What do YOU think?" Try to answer her next time. ;-)
On 30 Aug., 05:30, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > from Chogyam Trungpa: DIRECT KNOWLEDGE > > "In the study of Buddhist philosophy, from the start one tries to > transcend concepts, and one tries, perhaps in a very critical way, to > find out what /is. /One has to develop a critical mind that will > stimulate intelligence. If one cultivates intelligent, intuitive > insight, then gradually real intuitive feeling develops, and any > imaginary or hallucinatory element is clarified and eventually dies > out. Finally, the vague feeling of discovery becomes very clear, so > that almost no doubt remains. Even at this stage, it is possible that > one may be unable to explain one's discovery verbally or write it down > exactly on paper. In fact, if one tried to do so, it would be limiting > one's scope and would be rather dangerous. Nevertheless, one finally > attains direct knowledge, rather than achieving something which is > separate from oneself. This can only be achieved through the practice > of meditation, which is not a question of going into some inward > depth, but of widening and expanding outward." - Condensed from > "Meditation," in /Meditation in Action/, pages 78 to 79. Shambhala > Library Edition.
