Buddha's Microscope
"Just as Galileo refined and used the telescope to examine celestial phenomena and van Leeuwenhoek refined and used the microscope to examine minute organisms, so did Buddha refine and use focused, balanced attention as the instrument for examining mental phenomena." - Alan Wallace
Galileo and van Leeuwenhoek may were not totally right in all the matters related to investigation of science and truth (if there is such thing). Maybe Buddha wasn't right too. Their hypothesis and assumptions are equally there to be verified, tested and used in its particular ways. But, supposing that they were total or partially mistaken, this fact itself doesn't mean they are meritless or less authentic. Their intentions seems to be actually genuine, and I'm convinced that it would be enough for the turn. As said the Amen: I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!*
What do you think? ;)
[*In Revelation 3:14, Jesus calls himself, "the Amen, the faithful and true witness."]
posted by Fábio at 1:31 PM
1 Comments:
Hi there, ebuddha,
Well, I think you're quite right :)
But I see that to have a positive result of a spiritual practice is different than to be sure it's the "right thing to do". If there isn't that evidence (and I believe we will never have it), than practice is still an action based on trust, as it happens on the relation between science practitioners - trust first, test, verify and use it after. At this moment it's more about faith than method. It's more about ethics than technics. It's about giving things its proper place.
However, I understand that having sincere, honest intentions in way to trust, practice and test that is more important than to be certain about the results. That's why I said it (the genuine intentions) would be (good) enough for the turn (for the moment...) [Sorry, me speak bad bad english! ;)]
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