khafra comments on Rationality Quotes October 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: khafra 02 October 2012 02:52:12PM 1 point [-]

A monk asked an ancient worthy, "What is the Way?" The worthy replied, "Your ordinary mind, that is the Way." This is truly profound. Expelling all the sicknesses of the mod, engendering the ordinary mind, and yet abiding amidst sickness...this is the state of being without sickness.

  • Ibid.

Commentary: I see this in the martial/kinesthetic context as acting without conscious censorship of your action, using the skills you have leaned through conscious censorship; and similarly in a LW context of approaching questions in Near Mode, without consciously adjusting for bias.