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Teaching Stories
Many teaching traditions use short stories to assist in developing
discernment.
Zen monks used the kōan, Jesus used the parable, and of course there is the Sufi
story.
The consciousness conditioned by Second Order Intelligence has predictable
reactions in how it responds to experience.
This can be demonstrated in how one reacts to the story of the widower and the
hawk.
Some reactive minds respond with rational judgment.
"He should not have clipped that hawk's beak and talons." or
"He may have meant well, but now that hawk won't be able to hunt when it
can fly again."
Some reactive minds respond with emotional judgment.
"That poor hawk, I feel so bad that the widower deformed him." or
"That widower is a bird torturer!"
Second Order Intelligence is inclined to assume and rationalize it's
judgment is the right understanding.
Second Order Intelligence is not inclined to open a dialog, ask a question, or
get feedback in some other way.
How might Third Order Intelligence approach a story or experience like this?
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