Emptiness and Objects

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“Seers have to be methodical, rational beings, paragons of
sobriety, and at the same time they must shy away from those qualities in order
to be completely free and open to the wonders and mysteries of existence.” (DJ
giving eg. of contradictions) Lex
This
may sum up the difference in us. I see what DJ is getting at here, for
you to label it as a contradiction is easy, he was aware of that
himself. What you seem to be missing is the functional middle ground.  Nemo
Nemo I did not label it as a contradiction DJ did. Here is the preceding paragraph, which I did not quote, hence my mentioning it to begin with for the sake of context and integrity.

"They didn't develop anything," he said. "They found unquestionable truths by means of their seeing. Those truths are arranged in terms of supposedly blatant contradictions, that's all."
Then.....

“Seers have to be methodical, rational beings, paragons of
sobriety, and at the same time they must shy away from those qualities in order
to be completely free and open to the wonders and mysteries of existence.” (DJ
giving eg. of contradictions) Lex
I have no problem with contradictions. I was in no way trying to imply that DJ or CC were contradicting themselves.