Fundamentalists mistake the description of a thing for the the thing itself-
which it clearly isn't.
For example: a description of a rose is not the rose, itself,
nor is a description of a person the person, themselves.
Religious and secular fundamentalists seem to forget this
and become very attached to descriptions of things-
as if that is the truth itself
when it is only a way of gaining an intellectual handle on something
but can never deliver a a true understanding of the thing-
which is only gained by being "with" the thing
in thoughtless awareness!
which it clearly isn't.
For example: a description of a rose is not the rose, itself,
nor is a description of a person the person, themselves.
Religious and secular fundamentalists seem to forget this
and become very attached to descriptions of things-
as if that is the truth itself
when it is only a way of gaining an intellectual handle on something
but can never deliver a a true understanding of the thing-
which is only gained by being "with" the thing
in thoughtless awareness!
