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"Fundamentally, our experience as experienced is not different from the Zen master's. Where we differ is that we place a fog, a particular kind of conceptual overlay onto that experience and then make an emotional investment in that overlay, taking it to be 'real' in and of itself."
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posted by Dan @ 8:39 AM
8 Comments:
so it's all in the interpretation (or not) of the experience.
funny how we tend to assign meaning and value to everything... why?
beautifully put "unknown"....
Thanks Dannyji...! :)
ojnxt!
Julieji:
Kurt Vonnegut said:
Tiger got to hunt
Bird got to fly
Man got to sit and wonder
Why why why?
Ramana said:
Find out who it is that asks why?.
Yeah, Kathyji, "Unknown" came up with some pretty good ones.
And what i mean by quoting Ramana above is to see who we are prior to assigning meaning and value to everything... by focusing on the pure sense of being. Not being this or that, which is just the assignment of meaning and value you mention, but just being.That's how all the questions are answered....
However, a pretty good explanation of "why" can be found in the Dalai Lama's The Meaning of life from a Buddhist Perspective.
Danji - to be honest, why doesn't matter... I am enjoying the experience of living! Have some pie and ice cream... enjoy the silence that is.
btw - nxilhko
Very good!
mvexb!
Wonderful Dan. I like this a lot. Thank you.
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