Stim Morane: Adelene, the experiment you describe of observing basic things about ordinary life is extremely important and open-ended in scope.
Stim Morane: It's an ideal area to investigate, grounded, honest and bearing directly on the key point of the "agent self" view. "agent self" is the self as doer, performer of actions.
Stim Morane: Studying this in ways we can actually find concretely is very grounded and honest, rather than abstract and unlikely to help.
Pema Pera: different sense in different context. We can appreciate each context. The opposite of a great truth is a great truth too — but in a different context
Pema Pera: but that doesn’t mean it’s all a wash — there really is a need for precision
Pema Pera: ... the absolutely important thing here is to stick to it, to maintain continuity, whether working on a koan, or on a scientific problem, or with the PaB exploration. The sole reason for the 15-minute rule is to encourage this continuity.
really searching, and yetletting go of the results, and letting them mature in due time
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.Pema Pera: We all learn, Adams, from the way you learn from us!
Pema Pera: the way you take to heart and try out