Sunday July 24 we will meet at my office in Binghamton at 2 pm for 15 minutes of silent
meditation followed by a discussion of “not knowing”. In the
primordial field of raw presence, only this.
Seeing everything exactly as it is, without adornment, judgment, evaluation or
anything that the mind can take hold of. The mind that knows is certain,
seemingly secure, defensive. The knowing mind is closed. It already knows, so it must defend
what it knows. The unknown is a threat, since it could easily upend and
deconstruct what is known. Learning to dwell continuously in the not knowing is
the essence of enlightenment. Since we
know that enlightenment is our birthright and our true nature, what prevents
the direct recognition of what is already here? Our attachment to our knowing
is the root problem. What do we know for sure? Nothing, really. What we think
we know merely creates resistance to what actually is. Yet there is a way of
knowing directly and for certain that is always accessible. This direct knowing
is the natural expression of the mind that is open, present, and
quite-noiseless.
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