LessWrong rationalist has kensho, attempts valiantly to explain to other LessWrong rationalists, frustration ensues.
As @xuenay suggests, closely parallel to difficulties in explaining meta-rationality—and not by coincidence!https://twitter.com/xuenay/status/955103078893674496 …
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Zen and Theravada often fetishize kensho/stream-entry as The Big Deal. Vajrayana takes it as just the initial insight that makes the real work possible. “The real work” *should* have demonstrable practical consequences:https://vividness.live/2012/09/25/mastery/ …
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A parable about the “real work” that begins after kensho:https://vividness.live/2013/12/12/emptiness-zen-tantra-dzogchen/ …
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Within a rational framework, yeah. Though ultimately there are no reasonable questions in an absurd universe
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That may be true in a cosmic sense but on the pragmatic day to day plane... all actions and questions matter (or create problems, too)
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reminded me... "What’s zazen good for? Absolutely nothing! This ‘good for nothing’ has got to sink into your flesh and bones until you actually practice what is truly good for nothing. Until then, your zazen is just good for nothing." http://antaiji.org/en/dharma/attitude_of_zazen/ …
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