This sounds pretty good to me. My dissagreements would largely be semantic. Insanity as a word has a definition that is interesting to myself as I see it as a failure to recognize instinctive motivation and hence repeating the same actions expecting results to differ.
--- In [email protected], Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote: > > On 1/26/2012 10:34 PM, rewrisk wrote: > > > > > > > > You must both know your own mind and be able to exercise control over > > it or any powerfull Satori will leave you insane. > > > > I also see this potential for people going insane. Perhaps all do. Some > in ways society can ignore or tolerate, some not (sanity is a societal > judgement after all). By current standards, Buddha was insane (no doubt > many thought so then). An aspect of the shift is clearly seeing the root > insanity of "the human condition" that passes for "normal" - often > expressed as a sort of reversal or inversion of relation. > > Mind controlling mind is as good a description of illusion as any, so I > might not express functioning in terms of control, but I am not > disagreeing. Such control is a sort of convenient fiction (same as "I" > than controls). Rather than overt control, I experience mind not > minding mind (in both senses of the word minding. Not tending to, not > bothered by - just mindful of whatever arises as present experiencing). > Letting mind do as it naturally does, without attaching to or rejecting > what thoughts or feelings arise - experiencing directly - all the while > still appearing to make choices to navigate this experiencing. The > choices conveniently labeled so in immediate afterthought, to weave > together the narrative. > > Just insane rambling. ;) > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
