From: storeyd (storeyd@bc.edu)
Date: Sun Apr 25 2004 - 04:39:28 BST
Dear Mark,
yes you can perform this knowledge injunction, enact this paradigm, in your
own awareness. indeed, this is the primary source, direct experience.
however, as the great teachers say, this is not like walking outside to check
whether or not its raining. actual meditation practice is just that, a
practice, and once one becomes an expert, whatever the sport, one comes to
recognzie higher quality patterns than lower ones. that is preciesly why a
zen master can tell whether you have actually had any mystical experience.
your resume is in fact your awareness as the master observes it. so the point
is that yes, you can perform these experiments and verify whether mystical
experience has any validity, but that, with caution, patience, and yes, a
healthy skepticism. most importantly, if you want to learn how to play tennis
well, you take lessons, you learn from an expert. so that is why you don't
undertake such a spiritual journey without a teacher with which to check your
progress, or at least some very good maps, first-hand accounts of writer,
sages, etc. who explored the contours of the interior castle. hope that
helps,
-Dave
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