by cutsinger | Aug 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A follow-up to my last post, “Sifting the Wheat”. Someone has written in response with the following criticism: I thoroughly agree with your stated preference in pedagogy. But if I’m right that human beings can enjoy a knowledge of the Truth only...
by cutsinger | Jul 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
On the subject of Gurdjieff, I’m minded to quote a Zen saying I rather like and have used on quite disparate occasions: “Even false words are true if they lead to enlightenment; even true words are false if they breed attachment.” Needless to say...
by cutsinger | Jul 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Once again you write with questions of a technical order: How should one sit when meditating? How should one breathe? Is there a “most appropriate” mode of invocatory elocution? What is the best way to “coordinate” the attention given the Name...
by cutsinger | Jul 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Amidists, you say, are necessarily proponents of a “situation ethics” since the absolutist’s presumption of knowing exactly how to act or what to do in every circumstance betokens a lopsided reliance on himself and “his own purported...
by cutsinger | Jun 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I generally don’t comment on the comments that appear on this weblog, but the opinion recently expressed in connection with “A Balancing Act” by someone calling himself “Faust”—I’ll resist speculating as to the implications,...
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