2012.06.10 _ 61

Perhaps free will vs determinism is just an unrealistic concept dreamed up by philosophers. I know I make choices but can they be isolated from everything in my life that brought me to the point where I make the choice? Not unless I toss a coin or throw a dice, but even then I would have had to select a narrow range of options beforehand. This would make a good pab topic perhaps...

Practice check in: Mantras, time with my children... much to be attentive to and thankful for.

Heart going out to Stevenaia, hearing of his recent losses.

I like the topic, Zen. We are made up of so many influences. The simplistic view of free will reminds me of Carl Sagan saying (paraphrased) that it would be most arrogant to think we were the only intelligent life the vastness of the universe. edited 22:35, 10 Jun 2012

Today I learned something. Sounds prosaic at first, but I find it's a nice symbolism. It's simply this:
*** "It can take longer to write out the recipe than to cook the food!" ***

So it took me a very long time to type out my vegetable samosa recipe for Aggers - much longer than it did to prepare and cook the samosas themselves. Yeah. So what?

It strikes me this is just like teaching and spiritual realization. It can take a long long time to describe the way to realization - to hint at, encourage, in poetry or prose, in symbolism to plain speaking. The more people write and the more time they spend on writing it, the more of a maze they create and the more things can be misinterpreted and misunderstood. The more people read, the more their minds complicate. And the more there are factions going this way and that, each with their Only Way™. Sometimes the more is said, the less is done. The more the aim for realization, the more comes separation.

Whereas it's all really simple really. :)