John Dunne: On Uncertainty




Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast show

Summary: In this episode, John Dunne talks to us about how certainty from a non-dual perspective can potentially be an obstacle.  Cognitively, the brain functions to predict as a means to alleviate confusion. Inadvertently, it can set up a new trap of suffering for we take this new ‘truth’ as the end all be all. The dualistic conceptual structure of ‘having’ a belief is fundamentally problematic. The way forward would be to develop flexibility in our beliefs and concepts and to differentiate between confidence and certainty.<br> <br>