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It's worse than that actually. It's in the context of transformation, "Why?" can be both a distraction as well as an avoidance mechanism. "Why am I doing this?" and its related "How do I do this?" get in the way of action. In the context of transformation there's only "Act!" or "Don't act!" - there's no "Why act?" and there's no "How act?" either (as Yoda the Jedi Master may have said). So apropos Werner's first quote above, I'm not going to ask "Why?" (which is a question of logic and reason) - like "Why would Werner put what he knows above the space between himself and what he's dealing with so that it shines some light on what he's dealing with rather than being a filter?". And I'm not going to ask "How?" either. Rather I'm going to ask "Where?" (which is a question of space and experience) - like "Where is Werner standing when he puts what he knows above the space between himself and what he's dealing with so that it shines some light on what he's dealing with rather than being a filter?". That's right: neither "Why?" nor "How?" but rather "Where?". Furthermore I assert embedded in the answer to the question "Where is Werner standing ... ?" is who you really are like a space, like an experience. The distinction which becomes available where Werner stands and which becomes tangible when you stand where Werner stands, is context. Who I really am is the context for everything I've learned. Who I really am is the context for my experience. Who I really am is the context for all the knowledge I've accumulated. I have learning ... but I'm not what I've learned. I experience ... but I'm not my experience. |
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I experience ... but I'm not my experience. My experience is simply evidence that I am here (as Werner Erhard may have said). <un-aside> |
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"... no new possibilities become available when you do that because doing it obfuscates who you really are": You can't get this intellectually or analytically. You can't get it by deduction or by reason. You can't get it by argument or by debate. The way to get it is experientially. The way to get it is by looking at your experience then telling the flat footed truth about what happens when you put what you think you know from your learning and experience as a lens between you and what you're dealing with, like a filter. <un-aside> |
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"... doesn't obfuscate who you really are": You can't get this intellectually or analytically either. Neither can you get it by deduction or by reason. Nor can you get it by argument or by debate. You can however get it experientially also. The way to get it is by looking at your experience then telling the flat footed truth about what happens when you keep what you know above the space between you and what you're dealing with so it shines some light on things. You can verify this for yourself experientially if you investigate it with rigor ie if you try it on for size. <un-aside> |
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