Niall said:3D Student said:Woodsman said:Despite the call to reason being expressed, I do find myself quite emotionally engaged, proud that this element of humanity exists.
I don't know if that's a problem, but there it is.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. I find myself in solidarity with him too. He's basically helping people learn how to navigate and think for their selves. And his idea of "open dialogue" is basically networking. I liked the last part where he was talking about relying on your conscience. It sounded like he was saying you have to make sure your reading instrument is calibrated by not lying to yourself.
Careful not to project here. If he was walking the Fourth Way, he'd be walking the Fourth Way.
To clarify better what his stance is on what we would call 'calibrating the reading instrument', he gives more info on it here. His main point is that by not being true to oneself, lying, not making truth your highest value, you pathologise the soul that is supposed to be the thing that guides your actions - the thing you're supposed to listen to. It ties in with psychic hygiene too:
luc said:Me too, I'm a little uncomfortable with his notion to "always speak the truth" - it flies in the face of strategic enclosure and external considering. And it ignores the fact that there are dangerous people out there.
Again; different path.
His ideas brush the edges of lots of things involved with the Work. I think he's so close with this one, but is missing the vital piece - that the first step in beginning the Work is to stop lying to the self, rather than just simply trying to always speak the truth.