[MD] Tao through intellect...

[MarshaV]

What Guru?

At 08:35 AM 11/16/2007, you wrote:
>Great thought! In fact, now as I explore the roots of major religions
>(Christianity in particular), I understand that all religions are
>fundamentally one. The true message of Jesus Christ was far different from
>the way it is interpreted today in churches around the world. However, one
>has to be patient and frank and develop a sense of prudence (as opposed to
>blind skepticism) to discover what one's religion really is.
>
> >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.'
>
>Great intellectuals of today do acknowledge that, this awareness being the
>result of the intellect finding its own limits (Godel et al). However, I
>feel that this is only, after all, an intellectual awareness, at least in
>the case of people like me. And so, to really understand what this means is
>only to be realised via direct experience (and here the guru plays an
>important part).
>
>
>Akshay
>
>On 15/11/2007, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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