Poetry & consciousness

[Geoff-Allen]

In the journey of self discovery, inevitably the seeker – after having explored volumes of spiritual texts – realizes that an intellectual pursuit is futile … as many sages have said in different ways “… start tasting the dish on the menu instead of just reading about it …” … ultimately, what matters is direct experience.

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Poetry & Consciousness - Stillness Speaks

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Enjoy your day!

 

[sun rise]

ultimately, what matters is direct experience.

Yes!

 

[LiveBetterLife]

When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.

 

[LiveBetterLife]

But I don't necessarily agree that direct experience is solely what matters.

 

[Geoff-Allen]

But I don't necessarily agree that direct experience is solely what matters.

Fair enough.

Some of us seem to need a direct experience to overcome the doubting mind ...

Here's a little something on the nature of experience -

The True Nature of Experience | Rupert Spira

Enjoy your day!

 

[stvdv]

In the journey of self discovery, inevitably the seeker – after having explored volumes of spiritual texts – realizes that an intellectual pursuit is futile … as many sages have said in different ways “… start tasting the dish on the menu instead of just reading about it …” … ultimately, what matters is direct experience.

Yes, I fully agree. What matters is direct experience (in the heart)