RickMace on Nostr: I wrote earlier that Descartes’s "I think, therefore I am." should better be "I ...

I wrote earlier that Descartes’s "I think, therefore I am." should better be "I think, therefore I am insane." Will, while I did say that kind of tongue in cheek, it really does point to how our 'idle' thinking is pretty pointless. A friend, where I work, said, "No, it's not 'pointless' all thinking creates who we are." So I'll concede that. And yet, over and over in religious and mystical teachings, there is the ideal of, don Juan's, from Carlos Castaneda's books, 'stopping the internal dialogue', as the way to connect with ... 'the spirit'?, 'God'?, don't ask me what that is. Yet, after years of 'intending' to stop that internal voice that we all have, I, as I mentioned before, one time did that. It was quite amazing and I can't easily describe it. It was like 'I' was no longer there. 

So, take that as you will, but do know that it is possible to do that. It doesn't matter if it takes you one day or thirty years (as in my case... lol), it is possible. "What's the value of that?" you might ask. Don't ask me as I don't really know. But my sense of it is that it is part of our possibilities as humans and that we should commit to intending that 'inner silence'. 

I'm going to try to add the first audio reading of my compilation of Castaneda's books. If I can't add it (I'm new here, as you might know) then go find it yourself at prismagems.com/castaneda
https://www.prismagems.com/castaneda/

and the first of my reading it (recorded about 25 or so years ago) is at https://www.prismagems.com/castaneda/donjuan11.mp3%E2%80%A8%E2%80%A8#Castaneda #DonJuan #Nagual #ToltecWisdom #Shamanism #Consciousness #Mysticism #Mindfulness #religion