04-18-2011, 12:00 AM
[b][b][b][b][b]Jessicar[/b][/b][/b][/b] wrote:[/b]
Ninth:
The asking of an ultimately serious question, which means to be seized in turn by an ultimately serious quest, reshapes our concepts in favor of the kind of perception needed to "see" the desired answer.
To be given ears to hear and eyes to see is to have one's concepts changed in favor of the discipline. A question determines and brings about its answer just as the desired end shapes the nature of the kind of questions asked.
This is from the book "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg"' by Pierce. I often asked questions to eventually rearrange MY perception on something or someone. Objective questions opens the door for more diversity in seeing varying perspectives. In subjective questioning being vulnerable enough to have asked and confident enough not to expect the answer. The active waiting, the serious quest, opens up the wings of perception.
Ninth:
The asking of an ultimately serious question, which means to be seized in turn by an ultimately serious quest, reshapes our concepts in favor of the kind of perception needed to "see" the desired answer.
To be given ears to hear and eyes to see is to have one's concepts changed in favor of the discipline. A question determines and brings about its answer just as the desired end shapes the nature of the kind of questions asked.
This is from the book "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg"' by Pierce. I often asked questions to eventually rearrange MY perception on something or someone. Objective questions opens the door for more diversity in seeing varying perspectives. In subjective questioning being vulnerable enough to have asked and confident enough not to expect the answer. The active waiting, the serious quest, opens up the wings of perception.