10-25-2013, 01:03 AM
(10-25-2013, 12:56 AM)peregrine Wrote: Yes, and with a mind stuck in a neutral, non-thinking place, does one not risk treading close to the spongy edge of the dread sinkhole of indifference to life?
Perhaps that depends upon...what, exactly?
Could the quotes above amount to counsel not to be swayed by ripples upon the surface of the mind, but by the deeper currents? The purpose of observing silence is to deepen perceptivity, no?
In that case, is the neutralizing of immediate approval/disapproval simply a way of trying to get out of the way of your own immediate reflection in the mirror?
Swinging back and forth between approval/disapproval you start to see the mechanism in mind and body. It doesn't stop and in realizing that it stops because you approve of everything. The catch is you approve of it to disprove it to other selves.