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Clarity is about seeing how things are, not how you've chosen to divide things up. (I added this as an edit to my other reply, but it seems the edit is lost.)
by getpost 5y ago
Clarity is about seeing how things are, not how you've chosen to divide things up.
(I added this as an edit to my other reply, but it seems the edit is lost.)
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoYou can't see anything in this world without dividing things up. That's how your senses (sensory inputs plus processing plus cognition) work. So this version of "clarity" seems hard to achieve. Maybe just settle for "try to limit the extent to which your cognitive biases and priors shape how you think the world is". You can't reduce them to zero, but you can reduce them a bit.
- getpost 5y agoI agree on the practical level, which is pertinent here. It is possible to experience non-dual consciousness in high concentration states. [EDIT: For many, this experience is a milestone in psychospiritual development, which undermines the habit of dichotomous thinking.] Awareness and perception aren’t the same thing. Way, way off the subject, but your main point stands, be mindful of priors.