From hurt to love LO20431

BirreD@mail01.dnr.state.wi.us
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:58:44 -0600

Replying to LO20381:

Paul Rousseau asks:

>Help me understand how I can deal _directly_ with reality.

Mindfulness. Whatever it takes to get out of your own "stuff." I prefer
the Taoist path as outlined in the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell
translation), and the Buddhist path as interpreted by Jack Kornfield and
Jon Kabat-Zinn, but I'm not dogmatic about it. Marcus Aurelius had a lot
to say about the same thing, in his popularly titled "Meditations." Names
and titles don't matter, as long as you remember that having a point of
view is the best indication that the only reality you're seeing is your
own.

I hope this helps.

Dave

* David E. Birren
Organizational Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
<birred@mail01.dnr.state.wi.us> Ph: 608-267-2442, Fax: 608-267-3579
"Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know' and thou shalt progress."
-- Maimonides

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