Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hui-Hai

"'Reality is percieved through your own body.' If you don't run after sounds and sights, or let appearences give rise to conceptual thinkning, you will become men unattached to all things." I took this to mean, relating back to the previous post, if you don't feel feelings or think about the feelings that you feel, you will not be anything. You will be stuck in the "Center". The state in which you were born.
I also really liked the quote "We may compare it to a mirror which, though it doesn't contain any forms, can nevertheless reflect all forms. Why? Because it is free of mental activity." I really liked this metaphor that was used to describe pure essence and perception. In order to to expierience the perception, you have to clear your mind of everything and only then you can reflect pure essence.

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