A great thing to keep in mind, to think through, perhaps, is with regard to the notion of mind changing itself, changing how it perceives, directly. That is, there can perhaps be much insight in letting go of the idea of a core-self, of some ‘thing’ inside that has control, that can govern the situation. … [Read more…]
if you let go of the technique of trying to control the world, though, perhaps you can jump above the very question of ‘how’ to control the world, control Nature, and instead focus on deeper questions—how to love it, and how to dissolve one’s ego into it and on the question of the tactic to … [Read more…]
and so from a point of view of up high, perhaps there indeed is advantage in positing that there _is_ no way to transcend belief in self, belief in a story of the body—given an assumed model, even though it be incoherent, there might still be wisdom reapable from it. and so what would be … [Read more…]
You could perhaps get a little closer to the truth by ceasing a desire to control the world. Nonetheless, that automaticity is _always_ there; it is really more the _feeling_ of it that calls into question free will. Suspend (or, more boldly, delete) belief in free will, and the sensation of life becomes lighter; when … [Read more…]