01-24-2008, 03:05 AM
Hey Wall.
I too found other schools greatly helpful in clarifying and broadening my grasp of CC's teachings. I find the fourth way a wonderful resource for stalking oneself - you know, observing the centers, the many I's, aim, considering, lying, etc. It's like a very systemized path of stalking. And I find correlations between self-remembering and heightened awareness.
And I've utilized alot of non-dual paths like zen, tao and advaita to do some deeper deconstructing of core beliefs and bring me closer to seeing and stopping the internal dialogue and the world, dropping the mind, etc. Before I had those references, I didn't really know what much of that meant. I found dropping the sense of self as a seperate I-ego-identity accomplished many of the tasks set forth to CC - recapitulation, erasing personal history, self-importance, routines, perceiving the mystery, transcending reason-tonal, etc.
I too found other schools greatly helpful in clarifying and broadening my grasp of CC's teachings. I find the fourth way a wonderful resource for stalking oneself - you know, observing the centers, the many I's, aim, considering, lying, etc. It's like a very systemized path of stalking. And I find correlations between self-remembering and heightened awareness.
And I've utilized alot of non-dual paths like zen, tao and advaita to do some deeper deconstructing of core beliefs and bring me closer to seeing and stopping the internal dialogue and the world, dropping the mind, etc. Before I had those references, I didn't really know what much of that meant. I found dropping the sense of self as a seperate I-ego-identity accomplished many of the tasks set forth to CC - recapitulation, erasing personal history, self-importance, routines, perceiving the mystery, transcending reason-tonal, etc.