Tuesday, September 28, 2010

One Sided Coin

Thoughts and words never quite represent reality as it is.

This is largely because we can only explain one side of things at a time. If the positive is spoken of, the negative is ignored. If the negative is referenced, the positive is left out.

Speaking and thinking are always one sided.

You can try to stop dividing the world by conceptualizing it as undivided. This is more of the same: you, your concepts, the world. You may argue that this can be resolved by adopting the point of view of oneness. However, the moment you do this, two-ness pops up; even if you try to include it as part of oneness. If you argue non-duality, duality appears right next to it. If “everything” is hinted at, then “nothing” comes to mind an instant later.

The tangible seems to obscure the view of the intangible: conceptual mind is a one sided coin.

There is only one way to avoid the trap of fracturing our own experience by continuing to insist that reality can be understood:

Embodiment.

2 comments:

  1. Nice to consider that; then look at Phil's art.

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  2. Exactly confirming an insight today, Thank you Cain-man!

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