Divination Class
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hh_mirror((OOC: This lesson diverges from and ties together the other lessons. You don't have to have participated in previous lessons or have signed up. There are two activities...do as much of them as you wish or just describe what would be done is fine. Just because the mun is a nutcase who does research doesn't mean you're expected to :) and I just realized I was supposed to put this up yesterday, but I got tied up with things...sorry.))
The room is again prepared. Parchment and quills on the desks, Kusuriyuri kneels at the front of the room, waiting. The Western style of teaching still seems a bit scattered to him, but he is coming to understand it better. He nods at each student as they arrive.
When it seems all have gathered, he stands.
Welcome. On the paper before you, please describe the relationship between reason and regret.
Regret and reason are points on a continuous scale. Mindfulness, your emotions, responsibilities, your suffering all contribute to them. What then separates them?
Let us begin by examining the components.
Mindfulness is perhaps the simplest and most difficult. It is awareness of the world, of surroundings, of the self. It is the ability, the possibility of knowing all that motivates action. Frequently, however, mindfulness is directed only at particular items that do not capture the right information. Rather than being aware, mindful, of what is presently, the mind wanders onto what has been or what will be. By focusing on that which is not, we lose track of that which is. This allows regret to grow from reason.
Responsibilities are based upon perception, upon mindfulness of the present. Among these are not to force or allow force to be used to change someone’s perception of reality, to seek out truth and to deal with the results of actions taken.
It is not given any particular person to determine the reality of another person, nor to force present mindfulness upon them. Guiding someone to mindfulness, when they are seeking it is the alternate to seeking truth. Willingness to accept the truth must be present. Force and refusal to seek or give the truth all lead to regret.
Actions have natural consequences, things that will naturally follow them. If a rock is released, it will fall. In the same way, if a person acts, there will be reactions. If these actions are not properly dealt with, the result will be regret. This is a natural outcome.
Suffering is the natural state of living. Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering, grief is suffering. There are things that are pleasant, but these are transient and their leaving is suffering. By clinging to that which is either pleasant or unpleasant, regret beings to form.
Life is the flow of energy through everything. By allowing regret to clog our minds, by focusing on the strong emotions that arise from regret, we can leave an imprint on this energy. We can give form to our regret.
With your neighbors, please discuss how reason and regret give rise to form and how form influences reason and regret. Also discuss how it is possible to reduce regret.
((OOC, again: If you need Kusuriyuri to respond, please place it in the subject of the reply.
Reference links
http://hushicho.captainn.net/onmy/onmyintro.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%85kh%C4%81ra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness ))
The room is again prepared. Parchment and quills on the desks, Kusuriyuri kneels at the front of the room, waiting. The Western style of teaching still seems a bit scattered to him, but he is coming to understand it better. He nods at each student as they arrive.
When it seems all have gathered, he stands.
Welcome. On the paper before you, please describe the relationship between reason and regret.
Regret and reason are points on a continuous scale. Mindfulness, your emotions, responsibilities, your suffering all contribute to them. What then separates them?
Let us begin by examining the components.
Mindfulness is perhaps the simplest and most difficult. It is awareness of the world, of surroundings, of the self. It is the ability, the possibility of knowing all that motivates action. Frequently, however, mindfulness is directed only at particular items that do not capture the right information. Rather than being aware, mindful, of what is presently, the mind wanders onto what has been or what will be. By focusing on that which is not, we lose track of that which is. This allows regret to grow from reason.
Responsibilities are based upon perception, upon mindfulness of the present. Among these are not to force or allow force to be used to change someone’s perception of reality, to seek out truth and to deal with the results of actions taken.
It is not given any particular person to determine the reality of another person, nor to force present mindfulness upon them. Guiding someone to mindfulness, when they are seeking it is the alternate to seeking truth. Willingness to accept the truth must be present. Force and refusal to seek or give the truth all lead to regret.
Actions have natural consequences, things that will naturally follow them. If a rock is released, it will fall. In the same way, if a person acts, there will be reactions. If these actions are not properly dealt with, the result will be regret. This is a natural outcome.
Suffering is the natural state of living. Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering, grief is suffering. There are things that are pleasant, but these are transient and their leaving is suffering. By clinging to that which is either pleasant or unpleasant, regret beings to form.
Life is the flow of energy through everything. By allowing regret to clog our minds, by focusing on the strong emotions that arise from regret, we can leave an imprint on this energy. We can give form to our regret.
With your neighbors, please discuss how reason and regret give rise to form and how form influences reason and regret. Also discuss how it is possible to reduce regret.
((OOC, again: If you need Kusuriyuri to respond, please place it in the subject of the reply.
Reference links
http://hushicho.captainn.net/onmy/onmyintro.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingon_Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%85kh%C4%81ra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukkha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness ))
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