Comments on: Dropping off body and mind http://www.numenware.com/article/517 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: DavidD http://www.numenware.com/article/517#comment-555 DavidD Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:57:43 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/517#comment-555 So it’s not becoming a completely blank slate, but a blank body and a blank mind, or just blank mind, maintaining awareness of our nature, but openness at the same time? I usually describe myself as open, but I doubt I have ever been so perfectly open as this. I am a contentious student and believe that trait plus honesty, openness, and willingness to either agree or challenge has been my best teacher. If teachers had always been competent about what they were saying, I probably wouldn’t have developed this trait. What if even God is best approached this way? What if God agrees with that? So it’s not becoming a completely blank slate, but a blank body and a blank mind, or just blank mind, maintaining awareness of our nature, but openness at the same time?

I usually describe myself as open, but I doubt I have ever been so perfectly open as this. I am a contentious student and believe that trait plus honesty, openness, and willingness to either agree or challenge has been my best teacher. If teachers had always been competent about what they were saying, I probably wouldn’t have developed this trait. What if even God is best approached this way? What if God agrees with that?

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