KG and Mike, The answer lies in the disappearance of the question...
Edgar On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:35 AM, Kristopher Grey wrote: > > > On 9/13/2012 4:41 PM, mike brown wrote: >> >> So life is an unresolved question with "don't know" arising before the >> question is asked... > > What if it is, or isn't? No matter the answer, you still will/won't know > shit. You'll only have knowledge of some shitty answer claiming to say what > life is. How is this question relevant? What seeks this shit? What will you > do with such knowledge? Will it be life-changing? That takes care of itself. > *L* > > Do you really want/need a story to tell you that this is this? Maybe you'd > prefer one that says it's not this? That's what most want, and why they > 'seek'. They read the stories and imagine themselves lacking this and > practicing to get that. That's the seekers way/hard road/uphill path that > eventually (or not) leads to utter futility that forces seeing this is this > and has been all along. Given this is never not this, feelings of making > progress toward this are more often than not setbacks. > > "Don't know' is not a position, choice, or state. Its simply realizing the > nature of ordinary mind. Not ignorance of, or detachment from anything. > Honestly recognizing we don't know, and can't know - and that's not a problem > as it's not about knowing. Never was. "Don't know" mind doesn't arise before > or before or after anything. Non-arising. Unborn/undying. 'Don't know' mind > is 'Original'/'Buddha mind', appearing as 'suchnness'. > > Suchness is not an answer. No question can reveal this. This never lacks. To > ask, is to request a resolution to a non-problem requiring no solution. The > point of asking is ultimately to reveal the nature of the asking, not to get > any other answer. > > KG > >> >> From: Kristopher Grey <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 18:36 >> Subject: Re: [Zen] the real world and zen power >> >> >> On 9/13/2012 10:26 AM, Chris Austin-Lane wrote: >> > I do not think it ends up as a question. Just an attempt to share the >> > humor of being who we are. >> >> Without question, This is so. ;) >> >> KG >> >> > > >
