Comments on: Objectivism and Zen http://www.muditajournal.com/archives/48.php Mindfulness and Individualism Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Andrew http://www.muditajournal.com/archives/48.php#comment-74 Andrew Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:12:01 +0000 http://www.zader.com/2006/?p=48#comment-74 You give a very nice description of (Buddhist) in-the-moment direct sensory perception vs. (Objectivist) thinking! I personally have found it almost moment-by-moment <b>challenging</b> to balance the two. I journaled this a couple days ago: <i>When you're someone who best filters the world through through your own self-analysis, then minimizing self-analysis -- trying to simplify & shut down & be more naively Buddhist -- leads to ignoring the world! Being very sensate does reduce one's consciousness to range-of-the-moment, sadly...</i> The whole thread, including a requested expansion on that bit, is <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=perspectivism&itemid=174149&nc=10" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You give a very nice description of (Buddhist) in-the-moment direct sensory perception vs. (Objectivist) thinking!

I personally have found it almost moment-by-moment challenging to balance the two. I journaled this a couple days ago:

When you’re someone who best filters the world through through your own self-analysis, then minimizing self-analysis — trying to simplify & shut down & be more naively Buddhist — leads to ignoring the world! Being very sensate does reduce one’s consciousness to range-of-the-moment, sadly…

The whole thread, including a requested expansion on that bit, is here.

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