When
I try to put a concept around the blue sky of my heart, I kill wonder,
and destroy the very basis of creativity. Why do I need a concept?
Words are pointers. When we get stuck in the word, the pointer, it becomes a concept. Then we build a belief system. Our belief is "right" and someone else's is "wrong." There is conflict.
World conflict does not arise because some people have the right beliefs and some have the wrong ones. World conflict is the inevitable result of having any belief system at all.
Those who destroy our civilization are people who preach out of very entrenched belief systems, whether of the Right or the Left, this religion or that religion. When they meet, they do not meet in the present moment, with silent, receptive, compassionate minds. They meet as clashing cymbals of belief. They do not listen, they just point.
We can use words in a completely different way. We can use words to point to the present moment, then let them go. Good words always point to Presence, and liberate language from concepts. Good words lead to silence.
For the peace of the world, let us abandon our concepts and use words to awaken the clarity of the empty sky. Thank you for listening.
Words are pointers. When we get stuck in the word, the pointer, it becomes a concept. Then we build a belief system. Our belief is "right" and someone else's is "wrong." There is conflict.
World conflict does not arise because some people have the right beliefs and some have the wrong ones. World conflict is the inevitable result of having any belief system at all.
Those who destroy our civilization are people who preach out of very entrenched belief systems, whether of the Right or the Left, this religion or that religion. When they meet, they do not meet in the present moment, with silent, receptive, compassionate minds. They meet as clashing cymbals of belief. They do not listen, they just point.
We can use words in a completely different way. We can use words to point to the present moment, then let them go. Good words always point to Presence, and liberate language from concepts. Good words lead to silence.
For the peace of the world, let us abandon our concepts and use words to awaken the clarity of the empty sky. Thank you for listening.
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