tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28594482.post3983227009303269410..comments2023-10-19T10:17:40.693-05:00Comments on Unknowing Mind: How Much is Too Much? How Much is Too Little?Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17934386917419130389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28594482.post-54664283079794957912007-03-11T16:36:00.000-05:002007-03-11T16:36:00.000-05:00Thank you for your thoughts and for visiting, Davi...Thank you for your thoughts and for visiting, David!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934386917419130389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28594482.post-84142803030510585262007-03-08T20:54:00.000-06:002007-03-08T20:54:00.000-06:00I am moved to comment that I visit, most commonly,...I am moved to comment that I visit, most commonly,the 'philosopical' blogs of academics, in search of answers to questions about mind and self... on the grounds that even if they tend to become lost in chains of logic they do at least attack the question with the sharpest minds around.<BR/>In any case, I am most pleasantly surprised when i come here to find such relevance and clear thinking in comparison with the aforementioned.<BR/><BR/>A period spent in practices of an 'esoteric shool ' involving i suppose 'mindfullness' lets me recognize almost everything you say. Including this search for perfection. <BR/><BR/>I find it a curious thing. <BR/>That the realization ( or functionality?) that one might 'achieve" seems to us at the time to arrive, as it were, of itself.<BR/> Yet behind the scenes a persistent and large amount of intentional effort has gone on.. certainly a strong 'will' was present anyway.<BR/><BR/>These days I am wondering if this was not something of a blind alley. Such moments of hmm .. understanding as i have had, seem so vastly unrelated to effort of any description.<BR/> <BR/>More like a sort of .. "Oh I see, it's not 'me' here, its just the way things are . <BR/>Somewhat mind releasing in fact. <BR/>It really does seem that the goal, may not be a goal.<BR/>It seems more like a matter of understanding the 'machinery' of the mind and self. And the crucial bit, realising that it REALLY does not matter what 'I' intend about it all. <BR/> ( aha, or is this just old age creeping upon me!) <BR/><BR/>And yet .. and yet .. does not a 'self ' remain .. so deeply fixed that that change is all just illusion? <BR/>I have read the most astounding descriptions of people experiencing untiy of all self, yet I greatly fear it is a purely subjective 'effect' that can arise when the body and brain reach a certain state.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, an excellent blog here, with excellent thoughts. <BR/>Good luck.<BR/><BR/>regards David L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com