"To him (the Buddhist), any of these accessible "facts" are an
illusion"
My Zen friend has said to me on many occasions regarding various
things "it's not real, it's only what you want it to be". I understand
the concept, but as yet am unable to fully embrace the paradigm, or, I
am unable to "know Buddha" as yet. This is a classic example of the
self imposed restriction. I have yet to be able to 'break out' of my
own sphere, contrived as it may be.
As for Scott's children, I can fully identify because, you see, I have
a daughter almost three. I do my best to not restrict her creativity
or imagination and it is not hard. Once, at my mothers' house, I was
trying to help her put together a puzzle and with exasperation she
said to me "I can do it myself!". My mother said "Gee, where have I
heard that before" looking directly at me.
also:
"The ignorance At de Lange talks of, I take to mean, ignorance of
the patterns of organisation implicit in nature that we seem to fight
all the time. And that's why it takes more energy if not more to
maintain the status quo, because this status quo isn't the natural
way. "
I can see how I may have misinterpreted At's comment. I was looking at it
from the social structure POV (which is sort of where I had hoped to go
with this thread). My main point being that it seems that alot of the
popular culture today is being dictated, and that the most immediate and
obvious casualties are the creativity and imagination of our children.