J.R. Molloy writes
> ...the habits of all the people and institutions around us
> constantly mitigate against any ending of thought, to go
> beyond thinking to direct experience.
Can you explain more what you mean by direct experience
in the absense of thought?
>> There is simply *no* revolutionary way of looking at it, *no*
>> totally different approach, or it would have been found long
>> ago.
>
> It was forgotten long ago, and it can be remembered right now.
What evidence do you have for this claim? I.e., how do you
know that there was something "long ago" that existed, but
is presently lost, but which can be "remembered"?
>> All we have is a lot of people who have managed to persuade
>> themselves that they have discovered this key, this "new way of
>> thought" that solves the problem in a simple manner. But it's
>> never happened, and I think never will until we have more direct
>> control over how our brains function.
>
> Who is it that seeks this control if not the old brain?
Yes, it is the old mind---that is, our present minds---which
seek this control.
Lee
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