Originally posted by longchen:
IMO.
In a deep sense, there is nothing to attain. There is just 'give up'. Not 'giving up'(which is a wish)... but a deep 'give-up'... which drops all conceptualisation, striving and reasoning.
Someone ask what is the difference between intuition and psychosis. In a sense, all are knowingness..However, intuition has a relationship to truth. That is, it reflects a truth. And very often, what is intuited turns out to be true when it is verified.
Our fundamental false assumption is that there is a 'self' or person that knows. However, knowingness doesn't need a 'self' to know at all. Strong identification to a 'self' in fact blocks intuition. This is because the mind tends to be focussed on the 'sense of self' and thus miss the intuitive knowingness.
I dunno... perhaps... it could be that the the total collapse of the barrier of 'self-identification' is what that allows for omniscience.... a knowing beyond the self. Perhaps with the 'sense of self' out of the way, consciousness can attune with more freedom beyond the usual mode of thinking.
just my opinion.
doesn't that translate to "let God do the work and live my life contentedly"?