The prefrontalcortex loves to think that it's the only sentient thing in the human body. It's not.
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Shut up the chatty self-referencing mind, and hear the symphony of your whole being.
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Replying to @euvieivanova
Are thoughts not part of your whole being? One could argue that they are an integral part of the human experience.
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Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @euvieivanova
One could, but I don't think that's what Euvie meant. (Feel free to correct me
@euvieivanova) If you shut up the chatty self-referencing mind, there is still occasionally chatty mind. It just isn't the only player in the orchestra who gets to be on stage.1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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Fair enough. It seems to me like a lot of people in the Zen and some Hindu traditions have something against thoughts in general, and self-referential thoughts in particular.
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I find the Dzogchen perspective more helpful, in that it doesn't see thought as any more of a problem than any other phenomena. As long as it is seen for what it is without identification, there's no aversion necessary.
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There isn't even any need to "quiet" thoughts, if they're seen as thoughts, as emptiness, rather than self.
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Replying to @Failed_Buddhist @euvieivanova
I'm with the Zen guys on this. Come to think of it, I'm probably a crypto Zen Buddhist in more ways than one. Not, mind, because thoughts are so dangerous. They're mostly just annoying and distracting.
#NotAllThoughts, though.2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
Zen "empty mind" can also mean "effortless mind" which I think is a better framing for westerners. It's not really absence of any thoughts it's letting go of the clenched exertion of thinking too hard/too much.
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