Question: Where does insight come from? (Insight being sudden understanding without analysis).
Thoughts we might classify as insight are the natural emanations of the dharmakaya/everything/”what is”/ultimate reality of things. Having said that, most thoughts are the recursive type that are generated by the illusory “self”.
How can you know the character of the thoughts that arise from self vs. those that emanate from “what is”?
“What is” is reality. It is what is happening in this moment. It isn’t of the past or future, and isn’t about thoughts, feelings, or judgements.
In contrast, self works to project itself into the past or future. This is what helps it seem to have an illusion of solidity. Self is about this vs. that, or subject/object. It’s about dichotomy, or comparison - judgement.
This reality vs. self origin flavors the thoughts that arise from either. When a clean, non-self thought arises it is factual, of this moment, and does not have a dual, or judgmental nature to it. It is also not recursive, meaning it doesn’t have a string of related follow on thoughts. The thoughts of self are comparative, and have a feedback quality that leads from the first thought into a string of follow on thoughts that you can get lost in.
This isn’t to say that a thought from reality can’t get co-opted by self. It’s very possible to have a pure thought that gets grabbed and run with by self, and happens all the time.
How can you know the character of the thoughts that arise from self vs. those that emanate from “what is”?
“What is” is reality. It is what is happening in this moment. It isn’t of the past or future, and isn’t about thoughts, feelings, or judgements.
In contrast, self works to project itself into the past or future. This is what helps it seem to have an illusion of solidity. Self is about this vs. that, or subject/object. It’s about dichotomy, or comparison - judgement.
This reality vs. self origin flavors the thoughts that arise from either. When a clean, non-self thought arises it is factual, of this moment, and does not have a dual, or judgmental nature to it. It is also not recursive, meaning it doesn’t have a string of related follow on thoughts. The thoughts of self are comparative, and have a feedback quality that leads from the first thought into a string of follow on thoughts that you can get lost in.
This isn’t to say that a thought from reality can’t get co-opted by self. It’s very possible to have a pure thought that gets grabbed and run with by self, and happens all the time.
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