What prevents us from seeing clearly?
It must be our lack of a unilateral focus.
For example, we know that love and attachment of a mother for her child is a natural and beautiful thing. Yet this love and attachment may prevent her from being fair if she were in a situation of giving judgement in a case involving her son. This attachment prevents her from seeing clearly. If the truth/justice must prevail, it is easier if the mum were committed only to truth/justice. But this is difficult.
Her attachment may even enter into her argument as a bias that she's not aware of. She may actually think she is doing the right thing while she is actually being influenced by her attachment. Such is the power. So in the case of our seeking, shouldn't we first identify and acknowledge our attachments. The things that can influence our thinking?
It must be our lack of a unilateral focus.
For example, we know that love and attachment of a mother for her child is a natural and beautiful thing. Yet this love and attachment may prevent her from being fair if she were in a situation of giving judgement in a case involving her son. This attachment prevents her from seeing clearly. If the truth/justice must prevail, it is easier if the mum were committed only to truth/justice. But this is difficult.
Her attachment may even enter into her argument as a bias that she's not aware of. She may actually think she is doing the right thing while she is actually being influenced by her attachment. Such is the power. So in the case of our seeking, shouldn't we first identify and acknowledge our attachments. The things that can influence our thinking?
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