Sunday, November 21, 2010

Like whoa

I spoke to a man today and he said something that perfectly illustrates the mundane mental illness.

This man participates in a certain ritual and while we were talking, I pressed him about the origin of the teaching he is into and I also introduced my idea about where it came from- the nature of the beast, so to speak. First he spoke in very broad terms, trying to brush me off by acting very well read. Then he started talking AT me instead of with me. He spoke about unrelated subjects and I brought him back gradually. He went back to speaking vaguely but I repeated the same line of questioning until he exploded.

(Imagine yelling) "No matter what you say, you'll never convince me otherwise. I'm 100% positive it is this way and you can't change my mind"

I calmly explained that I wasn't trying to convince him of anything and that I was merely exploring his teaching for my own education in my meditation practice. He calmed down immediately. What followed was incredibly interesting.

He admitted that I should talk to his friend because he wasn't a proper authority.

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