hank you. I often hear people, the proverbial day after a peak experience express a longing to return to that state. The question is what purchase that state would have on the world, were it elongated or more widely distributed. My hunch is it would have less purchase than people would like to think. I am certainly in favor of spiritual practice; as I am in favor of mind expansion. I'm just skeptical that these noble pursuits are the silver bullet to our problems. I'm a pluralist. They're good. But pursuing them involves tradeoffs.
I realize that the way people talk about Enlightenment may not be the same thing a how ancient traditions (and masters) discuss it. I realize that someone truly Enlightened would not necessarily ask the questions I ask; but those questions are the kind that we as a society should ask.
The Way that Cannot Be Named Doubts Itself, Therefore It Is.
hank you. I often hear people, the proverbial day after a peak experience express a longing to return to that state. The question is what purchase that state would have on the world, were it elongated or more widely distributed. My hunch is it would have less purchase than people would like to think. I am certainly in favor of spiritual practice; as I am in favor of mind expansion. I'm just skeptical that these noble pursuits are the silver bullet to our problems. I'm a pluralist. They're good. But pursuing them involves tradeoffs.
I realize that the way people talk about Enlightenment may not be the same thing a how ancient traditions (and masters) discuss it. I realize that someone truly Enlightened would not necessarily ask the questions I ask; but those questions are the kind that we as a society should ask.
The Way that Cannot Be Named Doubts Itself, Therefore It Is.