Still Stupid After All These Years
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When we think that we know, this is merely a repetition of learnt facts and fossilised ideas. Actual knowing is in the present moment, when we let go of trained thoughts and look again. This is how we progress along our path to enlightenment – or any activity. If we think that we know, we’ve stopped seeing, and are merely projecting, and that may be detrimental to our mental health.
When we know that we’ve been stupid and wilful,
life has so much more potential.
This doesn’t mean that we think others are stupid; that would be stupid. 🙂 It means that we know what it’s like to panic that we don’t know enough.
Empathy and understanding are the opposite to stupidity, showing wisdom towards those who live in their minds.
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
I live the statement/claim That my mind is blocken clogged up with fossilised ideas.( you use first person
I like the statement /claim ( you use the first person plural) that my mind is blocked or clogged up with fossilised ideal.
What do I have to do to remove These fossils?
Hello,
Just be aware of them. In that moment a gap is present. That momentary space in the mind is pure consciousness – that is what you are.
Once this is acknowledged, then these fossils become a reminder.
In this way clarity is maintained, so we (pure consciousness) see afresh, see other possibilities.
(The use of the words I or we is a convention. The use of the word I, is the beginning of the fossilisation as it comes a moment after pure perception, pure consciousness. :-))
I hope that makes sense.
Tony