If a person could actually know Tao (or God) in its full breadth and entirety, wouldn't such a revelation lead to instantaneous combustion?
Imagine all the principles, processes and knowledge of the universe rushing into one pea-sized brain. The immensity of it all would quickly collapse the cerebral cortex into a mass of jelly. Maybe it simply would explode into a ball of flames.
I am content in my ignorance.
Imagine all the principles, processes and knowledge of the universe rushing into one pea-sized brain. The immensity of it all would quickly collapse the cerebral cortex into a mass of jelly. Maybe it simply would explode into a ball of flames.
I am content in my ignorance.
The person would of course extinguish as when all knew all there would be no other.
ReplyDeleteWell I think that's what the goal of internal alchemy is...but I think of it as expansion rather than collapse. More supernova than black hole.
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