learning from being present to...
Richard Rohr wrote:
The contemplative, non-dualistic mind withholds from labeling
things or categorizing them too quickly (i.e., judging), so it can come to see
them in themselves, apart from the words or concepts that become their
substitutes. Humans tend to think that because they agree or disagree with the idea of a thing, they have realistically
encountered the thing itself. Not at all true, says the contemplative. It is
necessary to encounter the thing in itself. "Presence" is my word for
this encounter, a different way of knowing and touching the moment. It is a
much more vulnerable position, and leaves us without a full sense of control,
which is why many will not go there.[1]
To be “present” means that I sit and take time to
look at observed object (my life, experience, people, etc.) from all kinds of
different perspectives. It is a non-judgmental way of looking at the object
that becomes a phenomenon for us. I believe
in the power of words. If we meditate on
something and we call it “good” or “bad,” there will be an agenda connected
with this “observation.” But, if we just
call it phenomena, we will be able to be present to that observed object without
being judgmental about it. This is the best way to learn.
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