Yes, the problem is not the known, but our relationship to the known. ie. is the known taken as some ultimate authority? or is the brain allowed to make new decisions without resistance?
In the case of the observer / observed duality, it seems as this is “taken as some ultimate authority”, is it not?
This is the ‘prison’ K was saying in 1944 that we trapped ourselves in? He was pointing out back then what he felt had to be negated in order for “thought / feeling” to transcend the “delusion”.
If the conditioned brain’s relationship with its content is the problem, the problem has to be that the brain doesn’t question, doubt, or examine its content often enough or rigorously enough to determine whether it’s worth retaining or not.
This new relationship with its content would be a radical departure from its current relationship because when the brain awakens to how knowing is guessing, it is critical that its guesses be informed by the latest developments instead of the old standards.
For the brain’s guesses to be the best guesses, the brain has to be completely attentive to what is occurring Now lest its guesses be too outdated to be taken seriously.
I think this site gets no where because of flaggings according to someone . I should stop posting . Authority is evil no matter what.
Are we not allowed to respond to someone’s post as being true or false ?
You seem to have found the right words for what has been on my mind for a while to express.
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