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Tag Archives: genuine experience
EXPERIENCE IS OUR CURRENCY
Experience Is Our Currency Our ‘currency’ – our jewel of wisdom – is experience. If we don’t have the same experiences as other people, there is little or no communication. If we can only judge from our previous experiences, this … Continue reading
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THE IMITATION OF KNOWING
The Imitation Of Knowing What make us feel good? It is when we reverse not knowing into knowing. The relief is the joy of knowing that we’ve solved a problem. Something that we’d always felt but have never resolved has … Continue reading
PEOPLE LIVE IN STORIES
People Live In Stories As long as we live through books, stories and words, we will never actually experience life itself, but will live in the imagination, through the actions of another person. The point is that we can then … Continue reading
MERE INFORMATION SEPARATES US
Mere Information Separates Us Mere information separates us. Unbiased experience doesn’t. Information is merely theory – a belief. Defending theories and beliefs is defending the indefensible because they haven’t been proven yet. Theory: an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action. Invent a … Continue reading
AN EXAMPLE OF MY CONFUSED THINKING
An Example Of My Confused Thinking I had to drop going to teachings, as my reliance was creating doubts. On 11th January 2014, I wrote the post,“Thoughts ‘R’ Us” (it’s at the bottom of this page). You can see that … Continue reading
IS THERE GOD?
Is There God? This is a dualistic question, and will produce a conventional, dualistic response. There are four possible answers – yes, no, don’t know, don’t care – each of which is a fixated idea. On this relative level, there … Continue reading
HOW CAN WE HAVE BEEN SO STUPID?
How Can We Have Been So Stupid? … to allow evil to prevail? We have consented to being pushed into a corner, playing with our techie toys, and while ignoring the modification of our world around us. Haven’t you noticed … Continue reading
DISCUSSING DHARMA
Discussing Dharma Dharma teaching is information Dharma practice is knowledge Dharma experience is wisdom This is a potential never-ending-exploding mind field 😉 We love to talk to one another, but something always seems to go wrong; this is our human … Continue reading
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Tagged axons and cognitive reservoirs, Discussing Dharma, genuine experience, Mind training, Neurons, synapses, The Brain
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