life

Speaking, of 'Choice' .. I'm soliciting opinions, on what ye think, of the following quote. - Personally, I like it.. and regard it, as essentially True!

.. And, if, for any reason, it doesn't agree, with anyone who responds to this latest query 'post' - Please, 'pray-tell' Why!?

No. When the field of illusions collapses all illusions go. There is nothing left to 'look' at.

In clarity there is no illusion to recognize, choice included.

That's the point: in confusion one cannot look. 

So the brain must be still. Then confusion, assumptions and speculations(even when correct) are gone. Because the action following a direct, clear perception is different than the one following an assumption, even when correct.

So the brain must be still. How does it happen?

What is responsibility? What is one responsible for?They're only responsible for their little corner: their family, their nation, their beliefs, ideologies--whatever they have identified themselves with. The little corner.

 But responsibility exists only when the perception of the whole exists. Only then can one act responsibly.

 That's part of it. Just being ignorant and not understanding how one's actions hurt others. doesn't exempt one from acting in an evil way.

Being nationalistic hurts others, whether one sees it or not.

No. Can you still something you are a part of?

You are a part of that which you're trying to still, not separate from it. One can play the game of watching oneself, but the mind is still not still.

For the 'mind' to be Completely Still.. Logically.. one must be clinically 'dead'! - And, then the question remains.. If there's a 'mind' that identifies, with each person, After death{?} .. The 'mind'..{albeit, in a different form}.. Is then {hypothetically}, absorbing & experiencing 'info'..{for lack of a better word}.. In another dimension.

Ergo.. As long as 'neurons' are traveling through the 'brain cells & synapses'; Who's to say, {with the possible exception, of the 'observer'}, that their 'mind' is 'still'!? -- Even hypothetically visualizing, a 'white clean slate' let's say - Is Not, {at least arguably}, an example, of a 'Still' mind.. that's observing, {or visualizing}, 'Nothing'! o:

Not clinically dead. Alive, but not thinking. When the eyes are open, there is recognition going on, objects are being recognized. There is thinking. We are not concerned with that.

Upon recognition of various objects, what is taking place? Various thoughts come in, apart from recognition, like 'I like what I see 'or 'I dislike it', 'it's ugly, it's wonderful', 'how can I use it'(if not, I'm moving on), or 'oh, this reminds me of...', and soon one gets lost in that train of thought.

This is is what we call a mind that is not still:!a mind that constantly judges, labels, compares, all for psychological security, confirming and affirming various shelters it has formed around a perceived center. This whole network prevents the mind from being still, in the sense defined above.

If you wanna take it one step further, close your eyes, thus eliminating the visual input.

Then watch how active that network is, even in the absence of any visual input! The usual chatter of the mind.

And the question is, how can the noise stop? The noise being all that useless activity, labels of the labels(!), likes and dislikes(the whole Facebook is based on that!), this constant preoccupation of thinking with oneself(if one watches themselves at random during the day, they can see this obsession with oneself inwardly, with the needs of this perceived inner self).

So how can that noise come to an end, so that the brain can really be quiet, really peaceful?

Can't say I've heard of him, {nor, have I ever been to the 'British Isles'}.. but.. since he's the source of the following, middling, quote!

Yeah.. Good stuff. These things should be known to you inside and out, just sayin..