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nondual research
Sep. 28th, 2001 06:30 pmAn initiative regarding nondual research arose for me a few minutes ago. After hearing a scientist on the radio discuss the results of a recent environmental study in the Great Lakes, I thought of several questions to ask him about his research -- primarily about his methods.
I then wondered to myself if there was a parallel between eliminating the need to ask questions in one's spiritual quest, with its corollary in the field of research. See, when I think about spiritual seeking from a nondual perspective, there's really no seeking to be had. I can't think of anything specific to seek out anymore -- the need for asking questions about things has kind of dried up. And so I wondered what flavour of research you would have if you approached research from that perspective. That is, from the perspective of not actually seeking a specific bit of knowledge or understanding.
Ach, that's kind of abstract, I guess. But a side note about my love for research of all types: research is the organized pursuit of knowledge; in the main, it concerns itself with collecting, organizing and analyzing information about our world. Statistical analysis in particular studies the significance of relationships found between different factors in our environment. I can't deny my longstanding interest in these matters, as I've found their study to be a means to deepen my understanding about myself and my relationship with the world. For me, cultivating that interest with a technical mind has resulted in a love for research.
And a different side note regarding the relationship between this love and my job... My job concerns itself chiefly with research in the commercial realm; however, I'm developing skills essential to the pursuit of other types of research through my work. I fully intend to follow paths to other realms of research -- primarily socially-related -- whenever the opportunity presents itself. But in the meantime, I'm lucky to have a job that incorporates something that I love into it.
Returning to my original topic now, I was wondering if there were any nondual researchers out there. They could be in the corporate sector or elsewhere, it wouldn't matter. There must be people involved in different kinds of research who are coming from a nondual perspective, n'est-ce pas? Undoubtedly there are, but I haven't really come across any yet, to my knowledge. I think there's a few on the NDS lists, but I'm not sure who they are.
The initiative in nondual research I was thinking about had modest initial goals. I'd really just like to have a discussion with some like-minded researchers about their approaches. I always find it interesting to hear how people apply this kind of understanding about the world to specific fields of interest or study.
I then wondered to myself if there was a parallel between eliminating the need to ask questions in one's spiritual quest, with its corollary in the field of research. See, when I think about spiritual seeking from a nondual perspective, there's really no seeking to be had. I can't think of anything specific to seek out anymore -- the need for asking questions about things has kind of dried up. And so I wondered what flavour of research you would have if you approached research from that perspective. That is, from the perspective of not actually seeking a specific bit of knowledge or understanding.
Ach, that's kind of abstract, I guess. But a side note about my love for research of all types: research is the organized pursuit of knowledge; in the main, it concerns itself with collecting, organizing and analyzing information about our world. Statistical analysis in particular studies the significance of relationships found between different factors in our environment. I can't deny my longstanding interest in these matters, as I've found their study to be a means to deepen my understanding about myself and my relationship with the world. For me, cultivating that interest with a technical mind has resulted in a love for research.
And a different side note regarding the relationship between this love and my job... My job concerns itself chiefly with research in the commercial realm; however, I'm developing skills essential to the pursuit of other types of research through my work. I fully intend to follow paths to other realms of research -- primarily socially-related -- whenever the opportunity presents itself. But in the meantime, I'm lucky to have a job that incorporates something that I love into it.
Returning to my original topic now, I was wondering if there were any nondual researchers out there. They could be in the corporate sector or elsewhere, it wouldn't matter. There must be people involved in different kinds of research who are coming from a nondual perspective, n'est-ce pas? Undoubtedly there are, but I haven't really come across any yet, to my knowledge. I think there's a few on the NDS lists, but I'm not sure who they are.
The initiative in nondual research I was thinking about had modest initial goals. I'd really just like to have a discussion with some like-minded researchers about their approaches. I always find it interesting to hear how people apply this kind of understanding about the world to specific fields of interest or study.
