Edgar (I think said)
"Well to start with it's simply the way the senses and the brain work.
Actually reality is nothing at all like the model of it our senses and
mind constructs."
Well what a great way to say nothing. My brain reports that this is a
chair and my backside confirms this by sitting in it. Those little
pixels of light impinging on my eyes have my brain convinced that I am
in front of a computer screen and if I tap the right keys words will
appear, and behold sure enough it happens. Each day and everyday this
and thousands of other experiences take place with input verified by
physical output. To say that this is not reality is the work of a word
chopper somewhat overcome by a need to construct that which defies reality.
Zen is the best way i have found to shut the brain off for a short
period of time somewhat like taking a breather after hard exertion. To
wrap something so obvious up in a parcel of words and try to create a
mysterious esoteric rigmarole has always been the way of those who claim
to be teachers, after all they have to make it hard to understand or
they would be out of a position of influence etc.
Just sit and shut the brain down for a time is all it takes
Charles
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