When I was going through my Notebooks I found the following entry. I thought it might be of interest to others. So I am positing it here.
11/10/00
Paradox
of method:
I
wouldn't even say paradox of practice: the practice is part of the paradox.
Even if you
are in a
null-state, the awareness is bound to turn it into a concept and a goal-to-be
reached.
You can
try to overcome it by snapping out of it. And then you are in a perpetual loop!
But you
can constantly rise above everything. Nothing matters, even the paradox.
This
paradox may be beyond any human will or intention. It just may have to go on,
may
be
because we are physiologically compelled to make concepts [and therefore goals]
out
of
everything we are aware of. The physiological doom! Be that as it may.
Every
movement of thought is a movement of pleasure. In fact, pleasure-seeking itself
is
a form
of seeking security, to find a foundation for the self, just as power-seeking
is.
