tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post8125944086079435281..comments2018-08-13T05:32:38.490-07:00Comments on Reflections on Infinite Space: Verse 1.7: purity and ritualKen McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15876529036315470763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-93575371266006162014-08-24T18:44:56.448-07:002014-08-24T18:44:56.448-07:00This line particularly spoke to me: "In parti...This line particularly spoke to me: "In particular, the careful calculations we tend to make as to what is right or wrong in any given situation dissipate energy. ". To me this points to the subtle emotional forces that are driving the need to 'sort everything out', or to make sense of things.<br />This line about ritual, you might need to unpack a bit more. I think I understand what you're talking about, but I'm not sure I could explain it: "Often the only way they can do so is to regress psychologically and become as a child, letting go of their mature intelligence and reverting to magical thinking and naive belief." An example might be helpful, perhaps contracting the non-conceptional approach with the childish approach. <br />Enjoying this commentary very much. Thanks.<br />MarieMrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108365466742911474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-56734873332103984612014-08-23T07:57:12.785-07:002014-08-23T07:57:12.785-07:00Thank you for this one, Ken.Thank you for this one, Ken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-44711887237922006762014-08-22T17:07:15.786-07:002014-08-22T17:07:15.786-07:00"a distinction is made between mind and mind ..."a distinction is made between mind and mind itself. "<br /><br />I find this confusing. The distinction may be described as between the relative and absolute mind, though this may sound like jargon. Alternatively, the distinction is between the nature of mind and what the mind apprehends or perceives.georgegarvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014680588886941928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-69872894313601019652014-08-20T18:52:02.319-07:002014-08-20T18:52:02.319-07:00Sitting with this verse and the commentary, words ...Sitting with this verse and the commentary, words seem less available than a strong felt sense of what is being shared.<br /><br />There is much to reflect on here... I am reminded as I read the commentary on mind and mind itself of a teaching given by my teacher Dzigar Kongtrul. He speaks to "renouncing the hook" as a means to knowing mind itself.<br /><br />I believe I'm beginning to understand this as a feeling. And, I have always thought it would be something I'd be able to explain with words!<br />Diane de Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561535859980333686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-60602109092358558802014-08-19T17:24:11.731-07:002014-08-19T17:24:11.731-07:00Being the good practioner keeps alive the illusion...Being the good practioner keeps alive the illusion there is a self that can be rescued and sequestered to a ‘good’ life away from the ‘bad’.<br /><br />Wisdom arises from confusion like a palace constructed from a junkyard. No junk no palace.<br /><br />The sky never becomes the sunshine or the clouds, yet is the stage for both. The clouds and the sky continue a dance. What is it like from the inside? <br /><br />The watcher can only see a pale faint description. The experience can know. <br /><br />Literal thinking treats ritual like an exam with magical rewards. <br />Open thinking treats it as tonight’s work; whole in and of itself. Happy Sissyphus! And yet there is a kind of magic when the focus is on opening not receiving, is that the mystery?<br /><br />Practice more ritual and yet be ready to let the ritual go completely. <br /><br />The elegance of the wrist of the tea maker, <br />from the molecules to the view from outer space. <br /><br />What if we could rest right there?<br /><br />Back to the cleaning the toilet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484505174921391015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-18096161970773791852014-08-19T15:36:02.110-07:002014-08-19T15:36:02.110-07:00Thank you, Ken, for this commentary. And generall...Thank you, Ken, for this commentary. And generally speaking, I'm quite grateful for your presence as a guide - your clear articulation of complex concepts has benefited my practice and study enormously.<br />Cheers and thank you,<br />Cree Vega, SeattleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150788182873935702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735806083613637800.post-25079344641927945712014-08-18T20:53:39.872-07:002014-08-18T20:53:39.872-07:00I really like this commentary Ken. I like how dire...I really like this commentary Ken. I like how direct your words are, with no help of examples. This way of writing is the one that reaches me the most.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780709171737216455noreply@blogger.com