Dan said to Matt:
Pre-intellectual experience, Dynamic Quality, cannot be understood
intellectually. On the other hand, static quality can be intellectually
understood, which is how we are holding this discussion in the first place, of
course. Yet, by seeking to define the undefined, we are taking ourselves away
from whatever "reality" is "really" out there, if you will. Still, that is what
we do as human beings. We define the undefined. We can't help it. That is what
the practice of meditation and zazen seeks... to instill a sense of quiet to
still that inner voice that is constantly chattering, telling us what this
means and that means. ...
dmb says:
I agree. Conceptual reality isn't inherently evil or dirty. It's suppose to be
helpful and useful. And in a place like this, you just can't function without
it. And when it's time to meditate, the hands come off the keyboard and the
computer goes to sleep. Then the point is to "lose your mind and come to your
senses", as Alan Watts puts it. Like Pirisg, he meditated and he wrote books,
although not simultaneously.
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