Comments on: Working with http://absentofi.org/2008/08/working-with-2/ An exploration into the mystery of existence Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:58:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Raymond http://absentofi.org/2008/08/working-with-2/#comment-2626 Raymond Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:15:21 +0000 http://www.absentofi.org/?p=3970#comment-2626 Very nice: belief=working against I think this is related- "The Faith to Doubt," Stephen Batchelor, page 40 "The more pervasive is calculation in our lives, the more is the mysterious banished. And as the sense of life's mystery becomes dimmer and more remote, so our ability to meditate diminishes-- to the point where meditation is exiled to the very margins of existence. "But the mysterious lies at the heart of our lives, not at the periphery. And its presence is only felt to the extent that a meditative attitude still lives within us. Unlike a problem, a mystery can never be solved. A mystery can only be penetrated. A problem once solved ceases to be a problem; the penetration of a mystery does not make it any less mysterious. The more intimate one is with a mystery, the greater shines the aura of its secret. The intensification of a mystery leads not to frustration (as does the increasing of a problem) but to release.” ciao, Raymond Very nice: belief=working against

I think this is related-

“The Faith to Doubt,” Stephen Batchelor, page 40

“The more pervasive is calculation in our lives, the more is the mysterious banished. And as the sense of life’s mystery becomes dimmer and more remote, so our ability to meditate diminishes– to the point where meditation is exiled to the very margins of existence.

“But the mysterious lies at the heart of our lives, not at the periphery. And its presence is only felt to the extent that a meditative attitude still lives within us. Unlike a problem, a mystery can never be solved. A mystery can only be penetrated. A problem once solved ceases to be a problem; the penetration of a mystery does not make it any less mysterious. The more intimate one is with a mystery, the greater shines the aura of its secret. The intensification of a mystery leads not to frustration (as does the increasing of a problem) but to release.”

ciao,
Raymond

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