PBS, Good analogy!
...Bill! --- In [email protected], pandabananasock@... wrote: > > > Perception, delusion, thought... these are all based on each other. > Experience just IS. You can't think of anything you don't already know -- > thoughts that feel new are just new combinations of pieces of old knowledge. > > When we do experience "experience", mind is aware of it, and does what it > does best, which is to 'realize' it (VERY quickly, too). At this point, it > is no longer 'experience'. > > It's like going bird-watching; you quietly sneak upon a beautiful specimen. > As you slowly reach for your binoculars, your dumb-ass buddy shouts, "HEY!! > THERE'S ONE UP THERE!!! HURRY, IT'S FLYING AWAY FOR SOME REASON!! WHY IS IT > THAT EVERY TIME I SEE A BIRD IT FLIES AWAY?!?!" > > Your buddy really believes the bird is flying away because it was seen; he is > confusing his identifying shouts for the act of seeing the bird. You'd have > a much easier time (effortless, in fact) if you went to the woods by > yourself, but your buddy is the one with the car! > > > ------------------------------ > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 9:48 AM EDT Bill! wrote: > > >Merle, > > > >First of all perceptions are neither good or bad, they're just delusional. > There only 'bad' if you form attachments to them (believe they are real). > > > >In the quote my interpretations is 'seeing' is experience and 'thinking' is > perception and other intellectual activities. > > > >The quote is: > > > >"The foolish reject what they see and not what they think;..." > > > >This to me a caution about placing more importance in thinking than > experience. > > > >"..the wise reject what they think and not what they see." > > > >This to me is an encouragement to put less importance on what you think and > more on what you experience. > > > >...Bill! > > > >--- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>  > >>  seeing is good > >>  thinking is bad... > >> is this the correct perception ?.. > >> merle > >> > >> > >>  > >> This is mainly for Merle. > >> > >> I thought it might help if I enlisted a little help from one of my > buddies... > >> > >> > >> ...Bill! > >> > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are > reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
