07-08-2008, 12:00 AM
Maybe I used the term Second Attention incorrectly. I tend to equate it with the Tibetan term "Rigpa", or Non-Dualistic Attention.
In other words, Mindfulness, awareness or experience that transcends subject and object.
But in order to cultivate it, we have to use the stuff from our ordinary life as MS helpfully suggested.
Distasteful People and Things that provoke us to react are ideal for studying ourselves and training our mind.
If we choose them for our growth, rather than reject them out of hand is to take a different path.
Is the nagual used in this sense to mean Objective Reality?
In other words, Mindfulness, awareness or experience that transcends subject and object.
But in order to cultivate it, we have to use the stuff from our ordinary life as MS helpfully suggested.
Distasteful People and Things that provoke us to react are ideal for studying ourselves and training our mind.
If we choose them for our growth, rather than reject them out of hand is to take a different path.
Is the nagual used in this sense to mean Objective Reality?