Rod to Piet, Heloisa and Maria

Piet, Heloisa, Maria

I think we're getting really close to realizing a general process that speaks to the Working Hypothesis. I'm excited to see the direction we've taken; the correspondence in our views and experiences suggest we're homing in on a shared idea.

Let me try a summation of where we've been, followed by a question about where we can go next:

a] Working Hypothesis: The world is complete as-is. We can access that completeness by means of a simple realization.

b] Yet, in trying to access that completeness we find that trying itself seems to impede our access.

c] We then "try to not-try," which leads into an infinite-regress paradox.

d] Secondary Hypothesis: Trying is our habitual way of engaging with the mundane world. The harder we try to step beyond the mundane world, the more stuck in it we become.

e] Various endeavors including meditation, certain religious practices, and problem-solving incubation seem to make effective use of a process of "letting-go" (or "acceptance") in order to side-step the paradox of trying.

At this point we can ask, "what are the common features of letting-go which allow practitioners of such diverse endeavors to by-pass the paradox of trying?" What does it mean to let go? What does it mean to accept? And how is letting-go accomplished?

I think answers to those questions we will get us even closer to realization of the Working Hypothesis.

... from Rod