How much thinking do we add to our seeing?
The experience of seeing
Tag: thinking
Direct experience of sounds
What's that sound? It's a sound!
Refuge from the wolf
Buddhism -- give up beliefs! Go beyond beliefs and assumptions, seek what is dependable.
Shyness, a wasted opportunity
We never have the experience of others seeing us...
The two-part remedy for shyness is:
Insight is available
from the first moment of meditation we have a chance to question our assumptions - or to follow them blindly into the confusion they generate
Blame-free world 2: guilt, punishment, regret
Guilt tells you what you are, regret is a message to act upon
If we don’t live in a blame-free world – whose fault is that?
Blame, guilt - or regret?
Blame: a story told by ego to polish its virtue.
Dictionary 3
FRIEND - someone who nurtures your ego, i.e. an enemy.
ENEMY - someone who threatens your ego, a true friend.
THINKING...
Thinking, Looking, Wondering
My Midas touch: everything I see turns to thought
Silencing thinking
Be careful about equating the ability to calm thinking with being a Buddhist master. How much freedom from thinking do we need, to reach the jewel of understanding which then makes thinking not a problem? We could spend years manipulating our mind into thought-free states unnecessarily.
