it seem its parry questions..Saengnapha wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:26 amFor me, the act of paying attention is the intention. Attention is attentive to all parts. Some parts demand action while others don't.Sam Vara wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:31 amIndeed, but there is always an element of intention in every act of paying attention; given that you are looking at experience, why have you chosen to look at particular bits of the world rather than other bits? Why, for example, did you choose Dhamma Wheel rather than another part of the internet, or why the internet rather than switch off and look at flowers or the wall in front of you?Saengnapha wrote: ↑Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:26 am
You could say that I am looking at experience, not looking for something. If I am looking for something, it can only be an idea and not immediately present.
Just a thought, but could it be that you are looking for social situations where you can talk to people like you have heard UG talk? Situations that allow you to parry questions and remain non-committal, while sounding as if you know something that others don't know?
Some questions demand a reply. If you hold up an image of how someone is supposed to be or how you think they should be, it is a disservice to all.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
"Thus, when asked about a fruit of the contemplative life, visible here and now, Purana Kassapa answered with non-action. Just as if a person, when asked about a mango, were to answer with a breadfruit; or, when asked about a breadfruit, were to answer with a mango: In the same way, when asked about a fruit of the contemplative life, visible here and now, Purana Kassapa answered with non-action. The thought occurred to me: 'How can anyone like me think of disparaging a brahman or contemplative living in his realm?'
that said great king AjatasattuYet I neither delighted in Purana Kassapa's words nor did I protest against them. Neither delighting nor protesting, I was dissatisfied. Without expressing dissatisfaction, without accepting his teaching, without adopting it, I got up from my seat and left.