--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 8:20 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "ruthsimplicity" > > <ruthsimplicity@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The universe, as far as I can tell, IS mystery. > > > > The word "mystery" could well be a synonym FOR > > > > the universe. From its surface level to its > > > > finest, most fundamental level, mystery is all > > > > you find at the end of every quest. > > > > > > > > My feeling about this is that the coolest and > > > > smartest thing we could do is *embrace* the > > > > mystery. I understand that some people love > > > > to contemplate the mystery and search for whys > > > > or hows or "answers," but I just get off on > > > > the mystery deepening into deeper mystery. > > > > > > > EXACTLY how I feel. There is beauty and logic but still it is all a > > > mystery. > > > > > > That is fine by me. > > > > It isn't fine by me. > > > > "Mystery" denotes a degree of unknowing and incompletion. If my > > consicousness is, ultimately, capable of knowing and experiencing the > > universe that is what I want. > > > > It may be enjoyable and fun to contemplate a mystery but I want the > > whole enchilada. > > > Maybe "holding the paradox (without a need to resolve it)" would be a > better way of saying it? "Embracing paradox"?
Doug Henning expounded upon the "wonder" of magic. Pretty much the same thing.
