" increasing intelligence? no. Increasing reCEPtiveness, I think"

No. I don't think meditation is primarily about being "reCEPtive" as you put it
even though receptivity is implicit in the meditative state of awareness.
I quite deliberately chose the word Intelligence because of what it means.
And because of what I actually mean by the act and practice of meditation.
Now I am obliged to appear pedantic but I am sure from your comment that
you have no objection to informative pedantry.

[The Oxford English Dictionary]

Intelligence:
Root Latin: Intellectus: perception, discernment, meaning,
Intellegere: To perceive within, to see between or through.
That faculty, or sum of faculties, of the mind or soul by which one knows or reasons,etc
Superior understanding; quickness of mental apprehension, sagacity,

Receptivity:
Latin: Receptivus: Having the quality of, or capacity for, receiving; able to receive;
pertaining to, of the nature of receiving.
Stem of recipere: That which receives and holds a thing; a containing vessel,
place or space; a repository.
An idea accepted without evidence of its truth.

When you discount active Intelligence and advocate "Increasing reCEPtiveness"
What you are advocating is 'passive meditation' a practice that if maintained daily
for a length of time is sure to turn the unfortunate novice into a mere psychic medium
and helpless plaything of all manner of energies and forces; some of them pernicious.

"Thus Have I Learned"

I don't think a real poet can be broken as a poet, simply because the poetry itself remains and lives.
But as a human being? Yes. Is that what you mean?
I have never been able to play "pick the favorite Beetle" although I know some really fine people who do.

I am glad your path is in full bloom.

And thank you for the interesting comment.

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It is no paradox to say that the self neither comes to an end nor continues to exist.

Now that you mention Magritte I see it!
Though I was not thinking about René Magritte-
whose work I love, like a good surrealist should-
when I made this image.

What do you say we insert a little man in a black bowler hat,
black rain coat and tightly rolled umbrella.......
I think he could stand on the window ledge his back to us looking out.

I wonder to what extent that would alter the meaning of the image?

I cannot recall the Magritte Moon in Tree painting.
You wouldn't by any chance have a link to it?

Thanks for the great comment.

And yes this image is mostly about a kind of light. The light of awareness.

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It is no paradox to say that the self neither comes to an end nor continues to exist.

I am honored that you whom I admire have faved this.

The thing about meditating is that you just keep doing it until the window goes clear.

I imagine that you already know about meditation, but just in case, here is a link to
a page of very clear instructions about how to do it.
Meditation The First Form:
[link]

Thank you for the great comment, for some reason I did not immediatly register
Your reference to Rene Magritte.



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It is no paradox to say that the self neither comes to an end nor continues to exist.