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Originally Posted by FallingLeaves
yeah i agree. But in this society it is hard to make a difference between all the competing stories dancing around in the mind like a pretty light show, and the demand to know everything's exact place in the scheme of things.
As far as to the wise and beneficial there could be construed to be a danger therein... but of course to the extent you learn not to try to get anywhere such danger jsut kind of disolves
I haven't followed buddhism before, for personal reasons. Although I suppose it is a bit much to be so stuck in just one genre. That said I'm not sure there is really anything new under the sun, beyond different colored candles.
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You are so right about all the "competing stories dancing around". I take what resonates most with me and go with it.
I'm not sure if you've read "The Book of Balance and Harmony", which is a renowned anthology of writings by a thirteenth-century master of the Complete Reality School of Taoism. There is one quote in there that I really like.
"Effecting ultimate openness, keeping utterly quiet, .... I thereby watch the return".
A variation of that is: "In utter emptiness and complete silence, simply watch the return (to original nature)."