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With regard to making better, wiser, and kinder choices and decisions as a result of our KN practice, I’m reminded of what Arnaud Maitland has often mentioned, which is that it can be helpful to pay attention to any insight or thought that has the quality of ‘newness’, ‘uniqueness’, or ‘novelty’ that comes up in our meditation when we sit after the exercise. These insights or thoughts are the ones that are not related to our habitual tendencies and patterns, to our usual ways or reacting or deciding, and so may present useful information for making wise choices.
Thank you, both Wally and Jonathan. I have noticed that with practice, I am learning to “listen” more sensitively to that “inner voice” that often does know the wisest course of action or even a novel way to frame or think about something in my life that lessens my own “suffering”.
What Arnaud likes to quote in this context is from ‘Challenging Journey, Creative Journey’ by Tarthang Tulku: “Something shows up; something speaks itself forward, yet the flavor of stillness remains.” (p.320 in Chapter 49, ‘Perfect Stillness’). That short chapter is worth reading in the context of this question.
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