To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/09/29 15:04
Subject: Re: [K-list] Huh?
From: Jay Wang
On 1999/09/29 15:04, Jay Wang posted thus to the K-list:
Hi, El
You wrote:
> When I was younger, I was enthralled with trying to discover the "why" of
> things, but I've come to see the limitations of that. If you read enough
and
> live long enough, you see that both popular and cutting edge explanations
for
> just about anything are an ongoing parade of theories and premises founded
on
> everything from scientific inquiry to political policy-making to the
endless
> meandering of human imagination. This ever-changing eureka-cry of "We've
> figured it out!" is given the spin of "progress," with the implication
that
> we are smarter than all previous generations of humankind who didn't have
> their facts straight and didn't understand the nature of reality as well
as
> we do now.
(SNIP) But it produces arrogance and a false sense of security to
> assume it's possible to get our hands/minds on the blueprint of the
universe
> (or of the psyche, or the spirit, or even the mind), especially when we
> intend to use the blueprint to bend everything to our personal
> wills/desires/needs.
That's why shen we know something as truth, we should also remember that it
is truth in a certain paradigm and there are also truths in different
paradigms; therefore, never become too attached to your opinion or truth.
When we pick one color and say that it's the RIGHT color, all other colors
lose their brightness. (Lao-Dz) When we pick out our belief, we also lose
the views of other religions. The only way to avoid it is to remind
ourselves to leave room for the unknown, as there is always much empty space
in Chinese paintings. (Chinese is not always the best, either.)
Love and Respect,
Jay
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