[MD] Tao through intellect...

[Margaret Warren]

this is great Marsha - where did this come from?

Did you write it or is there another source?

thanks,
margaret


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> Greetings,
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> 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.
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