One cannot end the Division, which is 'Me' and 'Not Me', by making an attempt. The Division itself an attempt, a Response, which is 'Not Me'. 'Not Me' is the thinking, and if one tries to end the 'Not Me', that means, that he is thinking about ending this 'Not Me'. Then that second thinking on ending 'Not Me' will bring another 'Not Me' which the thinking on the first 'Not Me', to end it. This K says as Perpetuation of the Division. So instead of ending the Division of Me and Not Me, when one is thinking about ending the 'Not Me', he brings about a new 'Not Me', a new thinking, and one get caught in one's own trap, and continue to think of each thinking, as to end each of them, thus perpetuating.
Quote K:
There is the tree, and the conditioned response to the tree, which is the 'me' in relationship, the 'me' who is the very centre of conflict. Now is it this 'me' who is asking the question? - this 'me' who, as we have said, is the very structure of the past? If the question is not asked from the structure of the past, if the question is not asked by the 'me', then there is no structure of the past. When the structure is asking the question it is operating in relationship to the fact of itself, it is frightened of itself and it acts to escape from itself. When this structure does not ask the question, it is not acting in relationship to itself. To recapitulate: there is the tree, there is the word, the response to the tree, which is the censor, or the 'me', which comes from the past; and then there is the question: can I escape from all this turmoil and agony? If the 'me' is asking this question it is perpetuating itself.
Now, being aware of that, it doesn't ask the question! Being aware and seeing all the implications of it, the question cannot be asked. It does not ask the question at all because it sees the trap.
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End of Quote.
So a desire to end the Division of Me and Not Me, is a Condition, a thinking, which increases the problem instead of solving it. So any attempt to end this insecurity, fear and suffering due to the division, by any means, such as meditation, involves an attempt, a desire, an expectation, which is 'thought', which would further perpetuate the 'Not Me'.
Therefore meditation methods and techniques, which involves, knowledge plus and an expectation for results, cannot solve this Me and Not Me and bring about the Wholeness, the Non-Division. Hence it is Pathless, it has to come about on its own.
Most of the people do not have this Division, due to a Gap in the thinking, even if they think in a good way of helping others or in a bad way of harming others. Hence, whatever way they think, the thinking does not divide within as Me and Not Me. That means there is no Gap in thinking. Therefore, they thinks as 'I am thinking'. So thinking for them is a Wholesome, Complete activity having no gaps.
Since K had this Gap, the Division, for which, the reason he never knew, and also the missing parts in the thinking, the Gap, K never knew, which causes Division in thinking, where he feels thinking is not of his activity, an alien activity, a 'Not Me'. Therefore, at any time K never disclosed the 'reasons' for the gap, and generalised it for everyone.
In that situation, without knowing what really happens in his mind, can K say, this solution which comes about as Pathless? As K did not say why this Division takes place, meaning he did not know the reasons, therefore K assumes that Division is the norm for everyone. In the same way it was K's assumption, that Non-Division, Freedom is Pathless. As he did not know how it comes about, and assumes that everyone has the division, and recommends this Pathless solution to people who are not having the Division, wholeness, no insecurity, no fear and sufferings, assuming that every one is Divided in their thinking. This K was not aware, but people who are not Divided in their thinking, would understand.
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