06-11-2021, 06:03 PM
The solution is simple. Stop thinking. That is not meant as a negative or sarcastic reply, but a positive reaction and solution. I am an advocate of Still Mind and come from the Zen tradition. Once we have learned to control the Mind, (and thinking), then all your problems will disappear. When there is no reason to think, don't think. The easiest thing is the hardest to find, inner stillness, (to quote the Buddha). Sometime i play such games, (as you are describing), or philosophical arguments with myself, and the whereby and wherefores in order to keep the Mind active. Yet, do I control my Mind, or does it control me. I am my own Master, or the servant to the Master? Self-discussions and self-philosophical discourses are good, (within reason), but they are not and end within themselves.
Skepticism could be considered a form of Spiritual Growth and advancement. Most of my life I have been a skeptic, because it gave me the strength to rebel against everything I was told to believe. In a sense, I have become the greatest skeptic, because in order to grow Spiritually, I denied everything. Even Zen must be destroyed. Perhaps the answer you are looking for is a "Controlled Skepticism". Reach your own conclusions and become a freethinker. Embrace everything and deny everything. As much as you are learning to walk the "Path", don't look back. If on the odd time you do, look back. Then do not be afraid to destroy your past. What has passed, has passed, and if you ever go back, it will never be the same. I know, I tried it. A foreigner in a foreign country.
Skepticism could be considered a form of Spiritual Growth and advancement. Most of my life I have been a skeptic, because it gave me the strength to rebel against everything I was told to believe. In a sense, I have become the greatest skeptic, because in order to grow Spiritually, I denied everything. Even Zen must be destroyed. Perhaps the answer you are looking for is a "Controlled Skepticism". Reach your own conclusions and become a freethinker. Embrace everything and deny everything. As much as you are learning to walk the "Path", don't look back. If on the odd time you do, look back. Then do not be afraid to destroy your past. What has passed, has passed, and if you ever go back, it will never be the same. I know, I tried it. A foreigner in a foreign country.