Triks and Traps

Tricks and traps along the spiritual path:

Trick: True Perception - Put your conceptual thinking, paradigms and intellect aside and try (do) the following trick: pick an object in front of you. Where is this object in relation to You, where you are, as awareness. Now pick one behind you, then see where it is (the memory) in relation to You. Now, close your eyes, and scratch your nose. Where is this happening, in relation to You? Scratch the back of your neck. Look closely, where is this taking place, in relation to You? Hint: having a double arrow of attention is imperative: one pointed towards the object; one back inwards toward the Unknown.

Trap: Visualizing the thought of “now” and projecting it to the exclusion of all other thoughts, and believing this to be the actual present moment, or “being in the now”. This mistaking of a projected memory for the “now” simply leads to frustration as it soon collapses and leaves one worse than before, forcing a new round of projection as the circle of mind, memory, and imagination continues to spin.