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On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Ricky Ray wrote:
I wonder what this healing aspect of a "healing nihilism" refers
to--healing what, and to what end? And where is the idea/feeling of
needing to be healed coming from, how is it operating in/affecting one's
day-to-day behavior? If there is a sense of brokenness behind it, what
would dropping that perceptual filter, if only momentarily, do?
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Dropping perceptual filters is related to asking a neurotic not to be
neurotic, etc.; the sense of brokenness becomes (as depression does) a
dwelling, inert and familiar. Nihilism for me (there are many varieties
and I'm interested in Nagajuna's refutation of logic in this regard) is
the cicatrix of scorched earth, its inhering; healing would mean
acceptance without anguish, so that I might proceed with a degree of
acceptance. Buddhism doesn't work for me (nor does yoga or meditation),
nonetheless I attend constantly. I greatly appreciate your dscription of
your own processes; for me, I have to find another direction.
Thank you, Alan
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