'If you want to be a different kind of fish, you've got to get out of the school' (Don van Vleit).
On 15/11/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings, > Weave a tangled web of concordances. > Simple practice never occurs to them. > Give up education, and the world will be better. > > > There are many who seek Tao through intellect. They revel in > thousands of coincidences, seek similarities in all the world's > religions, conduct learned discourses for enthralled audiences. But > they would reach the truth faster if they tied their thoughts to > experience. > > The intellect is inherently dualistic. It makes distinctions and > creates new connections between concepts and calls that > "meaning." This type of analytical thinking is extremely limited in > the face of Tao, which is not fully rational, nor fully quantitative, > not fully describable. Though most followers of Tao are learned, > they also realize that the intellect is but one aspect in what must > be a multifaceted approach to Tao. > > It is said one must give up education, not because we should be dumb, > but because we must seek a level on consciousness beyond the > intellect. We must study, but not to the point that emphasis on > experience and meditation is lost. If we can combine the intellect > and direct experience with out meditative mid, then there will be no > barrier to the wordless perception of reality. > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
