[Buddha-l] What is direct experience?

[lemmett at talk21.com]

Thanks, that seems useful. 
Perhaps the example inference I gave about falling was more a case of instinctively filtering out other information instead.

--- On Wed, 1/12/10, Margaret Gouin <gouin.me at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Margaret Gouin <gouin.me at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] What is direct experience?
> To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
> Date: Wednesday, 1 December, 2010, 12:01
> A friend who used to race sailing
> boats told me recently of an event many
> years ago, when he was in a race and suddenly told his
> crew, Do this!
> knowing that it would win the race... which it did. When he
> was asked,
> afterwards, to say why he did what he did (which was
> apparently a quite
> unusual manoeuvre), it took about half an hour of
> explanation to account for
> all the variables that went into his instantaneous
> decision. He explains the
> moment of decision during the race to a moment of direct
> experience of all
> the things that were happening at that moment--wind, water,
> set of sails,
> degree of heel, etc., etc., etc.--that completely bypassed
> any intellectual
> thought. It certainly didn't involve either seeing things
> that weren't
> there, or delusional convictions.
> 
> > I hope it's not too feeble to ask - what is direct
> experience, knowing
> > > something without the intellect? I think I am
> used to altered states
> > > of consciousness like seeing things that aren't
> there or delusional
> > > conviction but I don't know that I can find room
> for much more.
> >
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