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A passage from 'Refuting' comes to mind


"The world as we know it is like a house of cards that
depends on one single root cell without which it cannot
stand. And when we dismantle that cell; when one takes
apart the idea of objectivity and it becomes clear that
conceiving in terms of it is no longer a valid mode of
thinking, that foundation upon which the world rests
inevitably disintegrates leaving the house of cards in free
fall."
"Seeing through" this idea of objectivitythat is, seeing it
as a mere conceptual constructwill, no doubt, be quite a
paradigm shift; one that may even pave the way for
another, even more profound kind of shift into non-dual
awareness.
if direct experience is all there is, how can there be core
beliefs? core beliefs are the (hidden) ground to the thoughts
that show up here, but they are not known directly.
Wow, good question. I have never thought about that - but
if I were to think out loud I'd say that there's seemingly
more that goes into a concept than a mere label. Consider a
"pen", for example. The concept "pen" conveys some
meaning, which usually involves its function somehow, and
that isn't directly known in the form of a thought, for
example like the label "pen" is. But if its meaning is
conveyed, but not in the form of a thought, then how is it
experienced? Somehow it's recognized. There's some
"understanding" there that isn't in the form of a thought. I
don't need to think about how I can use it to write letters, or
that it is an object with mass, etc. in order to know that it's
a pen; I instead recognize it immediatly. Therefore there
must be some mode of understanding/meaning that isn't
conveyed in regular thought form, so let's simply call that
"understanding".

The "understanding" then, would be largely influenced, if


not entirely based, on our beliefs, such as our world view
etc.

lang
Letting The Mind Go
All the complexes and problems of the mind arise from its
overcrowding and congestion. The cure isn't to reform it but
just let it go where it wants to go. We are now letting it go
where it belongs. A tremendous relief! It is not perfecting
the mind, because the mind is imperfect in every way. Still
one experiences sadness and confusion and anxiety, pain,
as well as positive feelings. But they are seen as
characterising the world and not as personal hang-ups. This
relocation helps a lot, but is no recipe for continuous
happiness or any kind of perfection where happiness and
perfection don't belong. Only at Centre are you All Right!
(1977 interview with Douglas Harding, by Richard Lang)
Only when you find no things in your mind and find Mind in
no things, are you empty and spiritual, formless and
marvellous. (To-shan Hsuan-chiou)
To know our Mind is to obtain liberation. To obtain liberation
is to attain the Samadhi of Prajna, which is being without
thoughts. Being without thoughts is seeing and knowing
all things with a mind free from attachment But to refrain
from thinking of anything, so that all thoughts are
suppressed, is to be Dharma-ridden, and this is an
erroneous view. (Hui-neng)

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