Sighted People and the Rest of Us

Posted on October 1, 2006 in Reflections

Can no one know Reality? Must we define it before we can know it? In Buddhism, we know Reality by silencing all talk about it and just observing it from a still place. So that leaves very few people (not including myself) who can see Reality for what it is. There is a large number of people who get pieces — the body parts salon of the Blind Men and the Elephant. This is the largest group. And in the final group are those who, for reasons of disease or sheer stubbornness, do not see more than a twig of Reality. The New Age can lead you here if you are not careful. Combine that with mental illness and you are lost, lost indeed.