contradictory ideation
We love Charlie Rose's program on PBS...
.....heard him remark to, I think it was Doctorow, the other day
that intelligence is
"... being able to hold two contradictory ideas in your mind at the same time..."
I'm not sure that I would define intelligence this way,
as I prefer J. Krishnamurti's take on the subject....
but...
this "holding two contradictory ideas in your mind"
is an interesting topic....like Zen koans...
It reminds me of how I seem to be intimately involved
with the study of a major system of tradition - Hinduism...specifically, Vedanta...
and yet have no mandatory "structure" or preconception in my mind
about any of it...
Thought is what it is....
and
No Thought is what it is...
Well.."I" still cling to a few....like "I", for example....
.....heard him remark to, I think it was Doctorow, the other day
that intelligence is
"... being able to hold two contradictory ideas in your mind at the same time..."
I'm not sure that I would define intelligence this way,
as I prefer J. Krishnamurti's take on the subject....
but...
this "holding two contradictory ideas in your mind"
is an interesting topic....like Zen koans...
It reminds me of how I seem to be intimately involved
with the study of a major system of tradition - Hinduism...specifically, Vedanta...
and yet have no mandatory "structure" or preconception in my mind
about any of it...
Thought is what it is....
and
No Thought is what it is...
Well.."I" still cling to a few....like "I", for example....