TECHNIQUE AS POISON (PDF-1922)

Dramatic title, I know, but technique is always a double-edged sword, a risk that we take. I have seen this at work with astrological techniques; I know it from personal experience with learning meditation techniques and find it helpful to know what techniques are all about, any technique.

For one, a technique is always a hand-me-down, often the essence of someone else's experience reduced to bare-bones, freeze-dried if you will. Just add realization and you are good to go. However, authentic realization in the dharma or in the everyday practical world is not all that easy to come by.