Daily Quote, Thursday April 9, 2009
Hi everyone,
Looking like it'll be nice and sunny this morning, after a few clouds have drifted away!
What is essential is to see that one is confused.
What is essential is to see that one is confused, that all activity, all action which springs from confusion, must be confused also. It's like a confused person seeking a leader - his leader must also be confused. So, what is essential is to see that one is confused and not try to escape from it, not try to find explanations for it; be passively, choicelessly, aware. And then you will see that quite a different action springs from that passive awareness, because if you make an effort to clarify the state of confusion, what you create will still be confused. But, if you are aware of yourself, choicelessly, passively aware, then that confusion unfolds and fades away.
You will see, if you will experiment with this - and it will not take a long period of time, because time is not involved in it at all - that clarification comes into being. But you must give your whole attention, your whole interest, to it. And I am not at all sure that most of us do not like to be confused, because in the state of confusion you need not act. And so we are satisfied with the confusion, because to understand confusion demands action which is not the pursuit of an ideal or an ideation.
Collected Works, Vol. V - 359
It is no wonder we live in a constant state of confusion,
ReplyDeleteWe are exposed to so much information intended to grab what little of our attention remains. Just last night I awoke with a migraine headache, My mind was racing. It was like a different story of situation would flash into my awareness every few seconds. In order to deal with the pain, I pulled back in my awareness until I was just the witness of the pain, and the racing dreams. The dreams seemed to have no connection, no meaning, no relevance to my daily live, and yet they raced on. I contemplated the affects of a restless mind on our daily lives, and recognized the inherent confusion it creates.
I was amused to read the daily posting once I got up.
Scott.