On 8/30/2012 9:53 AM, Edgar Owen wrote:
> ...my point is that one must understand FIRST to be able to directly
> experience. Otherwise you are fooling yourself and just directly
> experiencing illusion as reality rather than illusion as illusion.
Demon Zen! (No point to that [or is there?]. I just like saying it!)
This is "understanding" business is just the fool walking backward
retracing his steps. The map maker drawing lines. Realized or not,
there is no other way. "You" are the illusion.
Who does a fool think he's fooling when acting so wise? The wise,
knowing themselves as, are not fooled into believing themselves otherwise.
Everything appears as 'illusion' when 'you' are stuck atop 'No
mountain'. This appears as profound revelation while breathing the
rarefied air at its summit.
KG
PS - This popped into mind, as musical soundtrack, as I was typing the
above:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
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