It took a while to shake off the sense that every approaching stranger might be in on Gander's conceptual mind game, which may, of course, say more about me than the work.
I... don't... know... (aaahhh!) Then conceptual mind whirrs into gear again, and I start busily thinking about breakfast, work, love, or why there is something rather than nothing, only using language and logic this time – a wholly different and unsatisfying experience – less mystical, more mystifying.
(3) Unique particulars are not denotable by language since they are beyond the full grasp of any conceptual mind (śabdasyāviśaya).
Although unique particulars are the objective references of language and thought, and we may have firm beliefs about them, conceptual mind does not fully grasp their real nature.
A conventional truth is therefore a truth by virtue of being fabricated by the conceptual mind; or it is truth erroneously apprehended by means of the dualistic consciousness; or it is true concept, meaning, signified and designated by a convenient designator/signifier.
Keep your cognitive, historical, conceptual mind operating.
When we step out of the conceptual mind, when we reenter our senses, it's like we've opened into the atmosphere where universal energies of intelligence and love can flow through us.
Stepping out of the thinking and conceptual mind, however, doesn't mean stepping into nowhere or nothing; it doesn't mean that there is no connection to a worldly reality.
This has been a primary focus for me and my Awakening Coaching clients: tot only a shift out of the conceptual mind into direct realization of your unlimited potential, but to actually bring that down into the body so it becomes a tangible gift, one that contributes significantly to other people, and one that also translates into tangible rewards.
