solving a problem

[Clive]

'Dear Sandeep,

{ For the sake of order in the group messages, I am starting a new
thread, with a new title }

Thanks for the reply. Let us look at the question together. Of course
anyone is welcome to join in as well.

So, you agree with my interpretation of your posting. In short: you
try and implement what you think K has said, but this very attempt
at implementation seems to be in contradiction
to K's words. You have turned K's words into a series of “what should
be”s, and this brings about conflict in you.

Of course the conflict was there in you before reading K. Conflict is
inherent in the consciousness of every person.

I presume you are asking: “What should I do about this state of
affairs”. Is that correct? Is that why you wrote originally, to
enquire into this question, what should you do?

If so, I suggest that that is a wrong question. And as K said, if you
ask a wrong question, you invariably get a wrong answer.

I am suggesting that whenever one asks: 'what should I do', that is a
wrong question.

One asks that question out of confusion, out of a sense of not knowing
what to do, but wanting to know how to act, what to do. But whatever
one does, it will be confusion acting, and that can only bring about
more confusion.

To put it another way, all attempts at solving psychological problems
come from the self, but the self cannot solve any psychological
problem, because it IS the problem.

The issue is: does one really see that what whatever one does will
bring more confusion, will not solve the problem, but will only create
another problem?

Just to dig a little deeper: how does the mind attempt to solve a
psychological problem? Any problem, what are the accepted methods of
trying to solve a problem? What does the mind do to try to achieve a
solution? I will leave that as a question for the moment, perhaps
others might want to participate.

Looking forward to hear from you

Clive