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To: koan who wrote (167085)	5/6/2009 12:32:17 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362837

Like Bill Maher, I feel the correct answer is, I have no frigging idea, except I can see some stuff that looks pretty crazy. Show me some facts or logic. the fact that so many are willing to live their lives based blind faith, blows my mind.

To: koan who wrote (167085)	5/6/2009 12:37:59 PM
From: Mannie	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 362837

In his book On Being Certain, neurologist Robert A. Burton quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald – “The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron calls it “being comfortable with uncertainty” – being willing to take every aspect of reality as the starting point, without wasting energy wishing things were different, without denying reality as it is (even if your next step is to work toward changing things), and without needing to know what will happen in the future. “The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new. The best thing we can do for ourselves is to be open to an unknown future.”