Quote:
|
Originally Posted by MChang
From ancient Chinese master Sima Chengzhen, taken from Zuowang lun (Discourse on Sitting in Oblivion), 647-745 CE.
"Still if you practice observation with a mind attached to projected reality, you will never be aware of bad feelings within yourself. Only when your mind is utterly detached from projected reality can you observe the phenomenal world and truly understand right and wrong. In fact, you are just like a sobered man. Freshly awakened, he can now see the evil he did while he was drunk, deeds of which he was completely unconscious before."
|
That's such an amazing quote and so true. Love the drunk metaphor as well. Describes the reality very well. Since the mind is attached to projected reality, this delusional reality becomes "known" experienced truth, thus real truth or non-projected reality can't be seen or found. Everything is routed through the false patterns, repetitions, of the projection. The current moment becomes filtered through the past, the habitual repetitive pattern of delusional thought and thinking, false assumptions and conclusions.