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Another bank branch bites the dust
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«They might do the washing, the scheduling, the counting, the remembering—leaving us fewer excuses to avoid silence.»
Infinity - 100 = ?
«A tool cannot cultivate the soul. But it can clear a path»
A blocked path can be cleared.
But what if nothing blocks it but our own mind?
Assuming we are not hungry or thirsty, have a comfortable seat with a solid roof over our head, no creepy-crawlies around and heating and cooling as necessary.
Assuming that we are either not tired or if we are, then it is because we chose to fool around with anything (both of the moving and inert kinds) just to avoid the silence.
What external obstacles remain?
I can see two types:
1) health problems.
This is the one area where better technologies can help. ; and
2) social problems (including wars and domestic violence).
Yes, we are not yet over the peak on that one, there is more to do, but this discussion is limited to machines and technologies and is not about human relationships.
«Perhaps they arise when a person is simply ready—softened, open, sincere.»
Correct.
And what helps making us ready, softened, open and sincere?
Scripture prescribes work as a start, nothing too fancy, just the ordinary activities that we would be doing anyway, only with the correct attitude.
«Sometimes that willingness arrives not through suffering, nor even through scripture—but quietly, in the middle of a conversation one didn’t expect would matter so much.»
Correct.
If one seems to be giving up their preferences due to suffering, then that is because they have the preference not to suffer!
Once the suffering is gone, the old preferences will come back...
Suppression does not work on the spiritual path.