PBS,
In fact you could say that most of our perceptions are like analogies
themselves...Bill!
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> Bill!,
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> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 10:30 AM EDT Bill! wrote:
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> >PBS,
> >
> >Good analogy!
> >
> >...Bill!
> >
> >--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, pandabananasock@ wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Perception, delusion, thought... these are all based on each other.
> Experience just IS. You can't think of anything you don't already know --
> thoughts that feel new are just new combinations of pieces of old knowledge.
> >>
> >> When we do experience "experience", mind is aware of it, and does what it
> does best, which is to 'realize' it (VERY quickly, too). At this point, it is
> no longer 'experience'.
> >>
> >> It's like going bird-watching; you quietly sneak upon a beautiful
> specimen. As you slowly reach for your binoculars, your dumb-ass buddy
> shouts, "HEY!! THERE'S ONE UP THERE!!! HURRY, IT'S FLYING AWAY FOR SOME
> REASON!! WHY IS IT THAT EVERY TIME I SEE A BIRD IT FLIES AWAY?!?!"
> >>
> >> Your buddy really believes the bird is flying away because it was seen;
> he is confusing his identifying shouts for the act of seeing the bird. You'd
> have a much easier time (effortless, in fact) if you went to the woods by
> yourself, but your buddy is the one with the car!
> >>
> >>
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> >> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 9:48 AM EDT Bill! wrote:
> >>
> >> >Merle,
> >> >
> >> >First of all perceptions are neither good or bad, they're just
> delusional. There only 'bad' if you form attachments to them (believe they
> are real).
> >> >
> >> >In the quote my interpretations is 'seeing' is experience and 'thinking'
> is perception and other intellectual activities.
> >> >
> >> >The quote is:
> >> >
> >> >"The foolish reject what they see and not what they think;..."
> >> >
> >> >This to me a caution about placing more importance in thinking than
> experience.
> >> >
> >> >"..the wise reject what they think and not what they see."
> >> >
> >> >This to me is an encouragement to put less importance on what you think
> and more on what you experience.
> >> >
> >> >...Bill!
> >> >
> >> >--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Â
> >> > Â seeing is good
> >> > Â thinking is bad...Â
> >> > is this the correct perception ?..
> >> > merle
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Â
> >> > This is mainly for Merle.
> >> >
> >> > I thought it might help if I enlisted a little help from one of my
> buddies...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ...Bill!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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