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WoK Practice Intensive: March 4, 2007


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Jake's Summary

The Dark Side:

I don't understand the WH. It does not make sense. Everywhere I look, either it is at my surrounding or myself, all is imperfect and in many cases very wrong. The world does not seem like an illusion at all, it is very real. The reality is there and brings me misery. I have never seen someone or something perfect. Every time I had a good meditative experience I had convinced myself that this is closer to completeness, yet as I think of it, I don't recall having any experiences that a scientist of the future could not explain as a process happening in the brain.


The Bright Side:

If the world we see is filtered by my perception, then if this world brings misery, it might be because of my perception. Things never happened as I expected, which is in fact quite remarkable. I will always be surprised and entertained by my life. Imperfection makes life entertaining. If imperfection exists, therefore perfection must exist. If all experiences can be explained, their property of being New is somewhat unexplainable. This Newness gives a taste of the infinite. This infiniteness of being brings calm and detached-freedom.

Maybe the WH could make sense after all.


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