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13 years 5 months ago #6656
by Ona Kiser
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I love this article by Ken McLoed:
"We have a choice between two very different ways to meet what arises in experience.
The first is to rely on explanation. We interpret our
experiences in life according to a set of deeply held assumptions. We
may or may not be conscious of the assumptions, but they are there. Even
when we explore our experience, we are usually looking for evidence
that supports or confirms them. These assumptions are never questioned.
They are taken as fundamental. A self-reinforcing dynamic develops that
results in a closed system in which everything is explained, the mystery
of life is dismissed, new ideas, perspectives, or approaches to life
cannot enter and certain questions can never be asked. This I call
belief.
The other way is to open and be willing to receive,
not control, whatever arises, that is, not only allow, but embrace every
sensation, feeling and thought, everything we experience. In this
approach, we allow our experience to challenge our assumptions.
Here, there are no fundamental or eternal truths, and some things cannot
be explained,
they can only be experienced. This willingness to open to whatever
arises internally or
externally I call faith"
http://www.unfetteredmind.org/a-way-of-freedom/0
"We have a choice between two very different ways to meet what arises in experience.
The first is to rely on explanation. We interpret our
experiences in life according to a set of deeply held assumptions. We
may or may not be conscious of the assumptions, but they are there. Even
when we explore our experience, we are usually looking for evidence
that supports or confirms them. These assumptions are never questioned.
They are taken as fundamental. A self-reinforcing dynamic develops that
results in a closed system in which everything is explained, the mystery
of life is dismissed, new ideas, perspectives, or approaches to life
cannot enter and certain questions can never be asked. This I call
belief.
The other way is to open and be willing to receive,
not control, whatever arises, that is, not only allow, but embrace every
sensation, feeling and thought, everything we experience. In this
approach, we allow our experience to challenge our assumptions.
Here, there are no fundamental or eternal truths, and some things cannot
be explained,
they can only be experienced. This willingness to open to whatever
arises internally or
externally I call faith"
http://www.unfetteredmind.org/a-way-of-freedom/0