I spent one evening laying on the Yosemite valley floor, from dusk until well past the moon and stars had made their appearances. The entire time I was there, frogs were holding a concert. And sound echoes between the rocks.
I think timing might be an interesting factor to introduce, e.g. all forests at sunset.
“The Buddhist does not see the world as divided between warring good and evil influences, but rather views the wandering mind non-judgementally, as needing only constant gentle correction.”
This is something I never understood about the New Age movement.
You use the word correction. Now, whether done gently or forcefully, the act of correcting something implies a path of some sort— to compensate for getting off-course while moving toward a target, if you will. If you cannot judge that you are off-course, how can you possibly (gently) correct yourself? Further, can you define a target without asserting a judgement? Can you say “Let’s aim for the stars” without simultaneously implying, not the moon, and not the earth?
Even viewing the mind as “wandering” is a strong judgement!
If the enemy is simply a name for whatever is pulling you off-course, then isn’t that embedded in any judgement of correction?
If you have enough savings to take year off, quit your job (or minimize/part time it) and apply yourself to what you really (think) you want. You may be surprised at the results, but at least you’ll know you pursued your dreams
It would be silly to assume that the criteria that yields a law (or a system) be itself subject to that law or system. Logically, that criteria must encompass the system and cannot at all be subject to it