Actually, noise, I think you're pretty close to the target with that one, especially this part...
noise said:
One thing you might want to watch for in self-observation (at least I believe) is not to think that the "Work" is something that can be handed to a person in a few sentences.. cause it seems to me that it is a long process, a forging so to speak, the metal has to be worked and reworked kind of like the japanese and how they would fold and fold blades to get the hardness and strength desired.
I'm sure that others can elaborate more on this subject, msg, but, from my understanding, it would be rather difficult for us to say 'where we come from and where we are headed' - mostly because what we are dealing with here is very much a working hypothesis. We gather data and try to figure out these things, but at this point, the information we present on these, and the affiliated, pages is the 'picture' that has emerged so far - foggy in some places and much more clear in others. Yet, even for the more clear areas, we are always aware that one piece of data can change the entire idea.
One of the other aspects to consider is that each person who encounters this material and begins the real work of reading, exploring and eventually grasping it, will bring, in some small or even large way, their own understanding of it to the group - perhaps adding another facet to the working hypothesis.
I think, perhaps, this is one of the reasons that every true seeker has to take the considerable time and make the considerable effort to digest all the material available, without being handed a 'this is what's going on' guideline - that simple process of learning and exposure can often trigger a perspective that, once added to the working hypothesis, becomes much more than the sum of that adding.
With that said, however, there is an enormous amount of support available here from like minded individuals - nothing - and I mean nothing - matters more here than the truth, so if one is really willing to dive into figuring these things out, they will find more support and minds to engage in discussion here than they most probably could have imagined before they started out.
At any rate, just some thoughts on the subject you brought up - as I said, I'm sure others will have more to add.