Originally Posted by verklingen

science, and indeed our every perception, is much the same. we are so trained to see what "should" be there that we miss everything that is there, even while staring right at it. if something doesn't fit into our scheme it is perceived as though it does, because to perceive otherwise is uncomfortable. we fear the unknown evil more than the known, and will elect to sabotage reality before reality can sabotage our expectations and beliefs. the irony is that our expectations are sabotaging us! they sabotage our understanding by causing us to miss the evident reality, and this sabotages our happiness by leading to ignorance and misinterpretation. it makes for an unhealthy relationship with existence, like involving oneself in a personal relationship only superficially. there can only be balance between equals

and that's an interesting subject, balance. in my head the concept of balance closely approximates how i conceive non-duality. what do you think of this?
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Originally Posted by verklingen

what i think all this points out is our severe bias of belief, and that is a symptom of the ego. rather than allowing them to shape and guide us, we are programmed to automatically beset our experiences against the ego's conception of self, as if to determine a victor. and in that we always lose, because all is vanity and vexation of spirit