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So it is fairly well established, that concepts are useful. The way we are designed, a concept can bring great clarity, or great confusion - depending on what it is, what we think it means, how we say it and so forth (initially, anyway _____). But I am just wondering if you can break the system, somehow _____ like if you can think a thought, that runs a circuit between a number of concepts, which is not necessarily theory, but is in some way, ultimately experiential (while remaining intellectual _____).
Meditation is like this, you wait, you think of nothing, then you begin to detach yourself, until eventually, you are enlightened (which is experiential, but not intellectual _____). It certainly helps. The thing is, it is not very intellectually stimulating, like scripture is _____ (let the reader take note _____ _____). So while good, it is not what is best. Having a certain conviction, about something seems to help this - because the meditation is no longer completely predictable, once you have experienced "an enlightenment" _____.
I guess, what I am asking, is, is there a way to be intellectually honest, internally, to certain concepts (that are greater than a mere conviction _____), that circumvent the nervous system in some way which is both intellectual and experiential, which is pure and not limited to particular perceptions, say. Actually, maybe perceptions are ok? I'm just not sure which. Or maybe I need to know what is higher than perception - possibly?
As you can see, it is difficult (for me, anyway _____) to think through. I have been meditating for years, with some sort of strategy like this in mind. In the early days, I got very spontaneous but unstable results, later I gradually got more stability, but less affection for the stability - I'm not sure where it is going to go from there. In principle, it should be possible to "birth" an awareness, that transcends God, in some way (I think ____ ____).
Whether or not that is a good thing, is sort of irrelevant _____ and inconsequential _____ _____ (I suppose _____).
So it is fairly well established, that concepts are useful. The way we are designed, a concept can bring great clarity, or great confusion - depending on what it is, what we think it means, how we say it and so forth (initially, anyway _____). But I am just wondering if you can break the system, somehow _____ like if you can think a thought, that runs a circuit between a number of concepts, which is not necessarily theory, but is in some way, ultimately experiential (while remaining intellectual _____).
Meditation is like this, you wait, you think of nothing, then you begin to detach yourself, until eventually, you are enlightened (which is experiential, but not intellectual _____). It certainly helps. The thing is, it is not very intellectually stimulating, like scripture is _____ (let the reader take note _____ _____). So while good, it is not what is best. Having a certain conviction, about something seems to help this - because the meditation is no longer completely predictable, once you have experienced "an enlightenment" _____.
I guess, what I am asking, is, is there a way to be intellectually honest, internally, to certain concepts (that are greater than a mere conviction _____), that circumvent the nervous system in some way which is both intellectual and experiential, which is pure and not limited to particular perceptions, say. Actually, maybe perceptions are ok? I'm just not sure which. Or maybe I need to know what is higher than perception - possibly?
As you can see, it is difficult (for me, anyway _____) to think through. I have been meditating for years, with some sort of strategy like this in mind. In the early days, I got very spontaneous but unstable results, later I gradually got more stability, but less affection for the stability - I'm not sure where it is going to go from there. In principle, it should be possible to "birth" an awareness, that transcends God, in some way (I think ____ ____).
Whether or not that is a good thing, is sort of irrelevant _____ and inconsequential _____ _____ (I suppose _____).