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Post by laughter on Jul 27, 2024 14:45:16 GMT -5
Yes. When the idea that there is someone practicing, or someone needing to practice, falls away, there is true freedom. Then, one can go about his/her business effortlessly. If there is no self in any sense, then what does 'go about his/her business even mean'? Yet another myriad form of the existential question.  |
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Post by sharon on Jul 27, 2024 15:17:04 GMT -5
That's the meaning of practice, to keep returning to that. And there is no limit to the ~depth~ of that. Other folks take an entirely different meaning away from that. Everything you can categorize as mind is what you're looking at.  |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on Jul 27, 2024 16:04:31 GMT -5
Other folks take an entirely different meaning away from that. Everything you can categorize as mind is what you're looking at. Not necessarily, concerning this, it gets tricky. Mind is a tool, should be a tool. There has to be a distinction between mind, in and of itself, and the conditioning. A baby has a functioning mind, that is not yet 'polluted'. A baby uses the mind to collect data via the senses. The saved data, by which the illusory self is formed, is what silence is referring to. However, attention can function through a still mind. And that, "is what you're looking at", the conditioning (attention can observe the conditioning). Mind can be the servant, or the [illusory] master. |
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Post by inavalan on Jul 27, 2024 16:32:36 GMT -5
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Post by laughter on Jul 27, 2024 17:09:22 GMT -5
Other folks take an entirely different meaning away from that. Everything you can categorize as mind is what you're looking at. |
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