"Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a relative
Sense of Existence.
"Seeing one thing as
Two" results in a sense of
Self-separation.
Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a partial sense
Of Being Present.
***
Seeing things as if
They are two instead of one
Because I think so.
Seeing things as if
They're separate and apart
Causes suffering.
Seeing things as if
They are other than I Am
Is self-delusion.
***
A "knowledge of good
And evil" is seeing two
Where only One Is.
Double-Mindedness
And a "knowledge of good and
Evil" are the same.
Carnal-Mindedness
And a "knowledge of good and
Evil" are the same.
[Rich Note: This thematic cross-triangulation was inspired by the following selection of quotes from "The Essence of Zen, The Teachings of Sekkei Harada":
"The mind is lost in confusion... means to see one thing as two."
"This happens because we haven't clarified the nature of our real mind, of our true Self, or of the Truth.
"As I often say, delusion is seeing one thing as two. It is the suffering of dividing and comparing.***
"Enlightenment means to realize while things are separate, essentially all is one."
***Biblically speaking the "fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, double-mindedness, carnal mind or seeing through a glass darkly."]
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(1) Re: Ayn Rand...
I don't "pay her any mind" at all, as any system of thought that concludes or implies "absolute relativism" stands on a false premise that can only lead to false conclusions.
(2) With respect to personal self-identification with conceptual positions such as "liberal, libra, white Hindu..."(which only serves to reinforce a "false sense of separate selfhood" and "the story of me" so fabricated); however, this would appear to run counter to the three principle teachings of Buddhism.
Re: "In Buddhism there are three principle teachings: all things are impermanent; all things have no self-nature***; and all things dwell in the peace and quite of Nirvana."
Sekkei Harada Roshi
[***Re: All things (concepts of being or "units of thought" that might be referred to as "thinks") are empty of "inherent existence"; and, as such, are "not the self-existent, stand alone, objective realities" self-thought presumes them to be.]
(3) If you missed this as an original Hay-Ku of the Day post, the following partial reprise might shed a bit more light on what is seen as the "Primal Issue in All This":
"Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a relative
Sense of Existence.
"Seeing one thing as
Two" results in a sense of
Self-separation.
Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a partial sense
Of Being Present...
[Two Present Add-Ons:
Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a false sense of
Being Separate.
Seeing one thing as
Two" creates a false sense of
Relative Being.]
"...This thematic cross-triangulation was inspired by the following selection of quotes from "The Essence of Zen, The Teachings of Sekkei Harada":
"The mind is lost in confusion... means to see one thing as two...
"This happens because we haven't clarified the nature of our real mind, of our true Self, or of the Truth...
"As I often say, delusion is seeing one thing as two. It is the suffering of dividing and comparing...***
"Enlightenment means to realize while things are separate, essentially all is one."
***Biblically speaking the "fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, double-mindedness, carnal mind or seeing through a glass darkly."
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