07-15-2014, 08:50 AM
Yeah, it's totally simple man. You are overthinking. This is a flaw in most "smart"/bookish people, myself included. You are letting it get to you without being able to process / ignore, so definitely pull yourself out of situations that require the viewing/reading of uninformed, biased, non productive internet garbage that so many people seem to spew online.
On an aside, a very wise man called Krishnamurti had a central tenet to his teachings which is that thought (human thought) is intrinsically limited. And wherever there is thought, it inevitably leads to conflict, because for any concept created, there is an opposition to it. Therefore to achieve a sense of contentment, and peace you have to realise that any thought, even yours which is heavily grounded in science and the pedestel of the "objectively right", is limited.
If you can accept this, you realise that there is almost no point arguing with others because actually they will believe/think what they believe/think. The moment you get into a right vs wrong debate you are missing the point of any of the stuff which you have clearly read about wrt to Zen.
This may be the time to put into "practice" any learnings you may have understood from your reading. Knowing about something is very different to the actual personal realisation of it. I think you are still in the knowing about it phase, but haven't realised the zen approach in a personal way . Not a criticism, just a suggestion because there is great value in the approach. :)
On an aside, a very wise man called Krishnamurti had a central tenet to his teachings which is that thought (human thought) is intrinsically limited. And wherever there is thought, it inevitably leads to conflict, because for any concept created, there is an opposition to it. Therefore to achieve a sense of contentment, and peace you have to realise that any thought, even yours which is heavily grounded in science and the pedestel of the "objectively right", is limited.
If you can accept this, you realise that there is almost no point arguing with others because actually they will believe/think what they believe/think. The moment you get into a right vs wrong debate you are missing the point of any of the stuff which you have clearly read about wrt to Zen.
This may be the time to put into "practice" any learnings you may have understood from your reading. Knowing about something is very different to the actual personal realisation of it. I think you are still in the knowing about it phase, but haven't realised the zen approach in a personal way . Not a criticism, just a suggestion because there is great value in the approach. :)