http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html The Quantum Method for Manifesting Your Dreams Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20906 Hans-Wolfgang Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:58:21 +0000 http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20906 Zen teachers have used the koan method. Koans are puzzles that by their very nature are absurd. They cannot be solved by reason; you cannot think about them. Ostensibly, it looks as if something can be thought about them; that is the catch. It seems as if something can be thought about koans, so you begin to think. Your rational mind is put at ease; something has been given to it to be solved. But the thing given to it is something that cannot be solved. The very nature of it is such that it cannot be solved because the very nature of it is absurd. There are hundreds of puzzles. The teacher will say, "Think about a soundless sound." Verbally, it seems as though it can be thought about. If you try hard, somehow, somewhere, a soundless sound can be found; it may be possible. Then, at a certain point--and that point cannot be predicted; it is not the same for everyone--the mind just goes flat. It is not there. You are, but the mind, with all its conditioning, is gone. You are just like a child. Conditioning is not there, you are just conscious; the narrowing concentration is not there. Zen teachers have used the koan method. Koans are puzzles that by their very nature are absurd. They cannot be solved by reason; you cannot think about them. Ostensibly, it looks as if something can be thought about them; that is the catch. It seems as if something can be thought about koans, so you begin to think. Your rational mind is put at ease; something has been given to it to be solved. But the thing given to it is something that cannot be solved. The very nature of it is such that it cannot be solved because the very nature of it is absurd.
There are hundreds of puzzles. The teacher will say, “Think about a soundless sound.” Verbally, it seems as though it can be thought about. If you try hard, somehow, somewhere, a soundless sound can be found; it may be possible. Then, at a certain point–and that point cannot be predicted; it is not the same for everyone–the mind just goes flat. It is not there. You are, but the mind, with all its conditioning, is gone. You are just like a child.
Conditioning is not there, you are just conscious; the narrowing concentration is not there.

]]> http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20899 mbd Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:54:46 +0000 http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20899 Rational thought and imaginary beings cannot coexist. End of article, as the entire thing is based off the belief in an imaginary being. Rational thought and imaginary beings cannot coexist. End of article, as the entire thing is based off the belief in an imaginary being.

]]> http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20864 Hans-Wolfgang Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:32:04 +0000 http://www.dreammanifesto.com/rationality-universal-thought.html#comment-20864 So even our talk about the absolute is not absolute, because the moment we say "the absolute," it has become known. Whatsoever we know, even the word `absolute' is relative. That is why Lao Tsu insists so much that truth cannot be said. The moment you say it, it has become untrue because it has become relative. So whatsoever word we use -- the truth, the absolute, PARA-BRAHMA, Tao -- whatsoever word we use, the moment we use it, it has become relative and it has become untrue. The one has become divided into three. So even our talk about the absolute is not absolute, because the moment we say “the absolute,” it has become known. Whatsoever we know, even the word `absolute’ is relative. That is why Lao Tsu insists so much that truth cannot be said. The moment you say it, it has become untrue because it has become relative. So whatsoever word we use — the truth, the absolute, PARA-BRAHMA, Tao — whatsoever word we use, the moment we use it, it has become relative and it has become untrue. The one has become divided into three.

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