Meditation.

Many people are afraid to empty their minds lest they may plunge into the Void. They do not know that their own Mind is the void. The ignorant [seekers] eschew phenomena but not thought; the wise [seekers] eschew (deliberately avoid using; abstain from) thought but not phenomena.

Huang po..

T. O. M. 's comments..

More meditation this morning.

Huang po specifically says to deliberately avoid using thought, as this is what the wise person does.

Meditation is a way to train the mind, to deliberately avoid using thought..

To avoid using thought, is to remove an obstacle that is blocking our sight of the world around us..

Thought likes to put phenomenon into categories, describe people and things, as being like this, or that.. and then we tend to believe our thoughts as being somehow a real representation of the actual phenomenon..

But thoughts can only grasp a minute snippet of phenomenon, and then only from one particular viewpoint..

Why would a person settle for having only a minute snippet of reality available to them? Because they are afraid of losing a faculty that they covet, the faculty of intelligent thought, they pride themselves in this faculty, all the time not knowing that it is deceiving them.

Disclaimer..

These are just....... Like.... My .. Opinions man..

Peace.

Submitted August 20, 2020 at 12:20PM by transmission_of_mind https://ift.tt/3j2Y1YR