Greetings,
Although this quote pertains to Buddhism and to a particular book, I find this
to be a good way to approach the MoQ and the Perennial Philosophy or
"philosophical mysticism". This is from the chapter 'KNOWING, EMPTINESS AND
THE RADIANT MIND'.
"As the reader will discover through this chapter, and as is the general intent
of this book, each of the passages lends itself to individual contemplation –
contemplation that will slowly reveal many layers of meaning and
interrelationship. Sometimes one teaching will seem to confirm another, at
other times they might seem to contradict – this is the flavour of
Buddha-Dhamma.
"It is always up to the individual to take the teachings, apply them, bring
them to life and then discover how they mesh via direct knowledge, rather than
forcing them to align, in Procrustean conformity, with favoured presuppositions
and habit patterns: “Is the mind empty or is it full of light? Is wisdom the
light or the emptiness? Both? Neither?” Ajahn Chah once said: “We call the mind
empty but actually it’s full of wisdom,’ maybe that’s it!”
"It’s never a matter of trying to figure it all out, rather we pick up these
phrases and chew them over, taste them, digest them and let them energize us by
virtue of their own nature."
(Ajahn Pasanno & Ajahn Amaro, 'The Island')
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