[MD] Tao through intellect...

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings,
Weave a tangled web of concordances.
Simple practice never occurs to them.
Give up education, and the world will be better.


There are many who seek Tao through intellect.  They revel in 
thousands of coincidences, seek similarities in all the world's 
religions, conduct learned discourses for enthralled audiences.  But 
they would reach the truth faster if they tied their thoughts to experience.

The intellect is inherently dualistic.  It makes distinctions and 
creates new connections between concepts and calls that 
"meaning."  This type of analytical thinking is extremely limited in 
the face of Tao, which is not fully rational, nor fully quantitative, 
not fully describable.  Though most followers of Tao are learned, 
they also realize that the intellect is but one aspect in what must 
be a multifaceted approach to Tao.

It is said one must give up education, not because we should be dumb, 
but because we must seek a level on consciousness beyond the 
intellect.  We must study, but not to the point that emphasis on 
experience and meditation is lost.  If we can combine the intellect 
and direct experience with out meditative mid, then there will be no 
barrier to the wordless perception of reality.