I rather like this guy and thanks for introducing him Orn. This didn't work for me, though it is important for something I want to write and can't find the words for. Essentially, 'will' tends to have operational definitions and I felt the paper left me wondering on the creation of 'conditions of existence'. I preferred some early work you recommended. He is worth reading.
On 25 Oct, 11:54, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > “…Each partner encourages and motivates the other into > activities and goals they might not have otherwise pursued on their > own. …” – DJ > > Don, while just today, I had a similar thought, my guess is that the > professionals on this list will make it clear that we have merely > chosen our parents to ‘marry’ and continue the unfinished process of > our youth. > > On Oct 25, 4:32 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Bagginses don't go adventuring... > > > it's considered disreputable behavior and generally frowned upon. > > Unless one has a very powerful wizard kicking your butt out the > > door... > > > Come to think of it; all my life's big changes I was pretty much > > dragged into kicking and screaming. Metaphorically speaking. All my > > planned changes have been relatively methodical and boring. > > > My current epiphany explains the usefulness of marriage in the success > > of the family. Each partner encourages and motivates the other into > > activities and goals they might not have otherwise pursued on their > > own. Acting as each others own bullying wizard. Have we as a society > > made it far too easy to raise ones kids on ones own? Ok, now I'm > > descending into do do, Sorry. > > > dj > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 4:03 AM, frantheman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > There's a lot of interesting stuff here, Orn, imo, some very good > > > observations. A few short comments: > > > > One approach which I find useful is the question: "Freedom from what?" > > > - and the implication, freedom for what? > > > > Regrettably, Wallace occasionally wanders into the (false) dichotomy > > > free/not-free, although I appreciate that it's difficult not to when > > > trying to make arguments in this context. That said, his basic intent > > > seems to be to go beyond this dialectic. This problem arises > > > frequently in many presentations of Buddhist teaching when people work > > > with the image of not-enlightened/enlightened - although I think that > > > this has more to do with the difficulty of expressing some ideas in > > > clear language/argument. > > > > I find the ideas he develops from the concept of Vajrayana > > > interesting. Although (as most of those who have been around here for > > > longer know) I definitely do not describe myself as a Christian, I > > > find it similar to the Christian concept of "Eschatology" in the sense > > > in which more creative theologians work this out in the idea of the > > > contemporaneous interaction of the "now" and the "not yet." > > > > All of this can be put in a general context of various thought/idea > > > models, which can help us move on a bit farther and need not > > > necessarily be put into direct opposition to each other (a bit like > > > the blind men and the elephant). From my personal stand-point, I find > > > various thought-models which focus on "becoming" more useful - at this > > > particular point in my own story. For that reason, I'm inclined to use > > > images/metaphors like "journey", "adventure", "vector", (perhaps even > > > "pilgrimage", although this term has some problematic connotations). > > > This gives a picture of life as a journey into depth, experiencing > > > more wonder and beauty, discovering simultaneously more complexity and > > > simplicity, moving from less freedom to more freedom, from less > > > enlightenment to more enlightenment, from ignorance to more wisdom, > > > etc. Growth, with all that involves. Not that this journey is > > > continually linearly progressive, like most ways it takes all kind of > > > twists and turns and like any good adventure sometimes takes side- > > > tracks or even goes backwards for a while. But all that goes to make > > > up the story, the personal artistic masterpiece that is every > > > individual life. I'm reminded of Bilbo's dangerous road, starting > > > right outside your front door ... > > > > Francis > > > > On 25 Okt., 08:58, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I guess I was also looking for criticism, analysis, opinions, etc. > > >> about this too...In other words: > > > >> What do you think? > > > >> On Oct 24, 4:53 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > "B. Alan Wallace addresses the topic of free will: how Buddhism > > >> > focuses on how we may achieve greater freedom in the choices we make, > > >> > rather than struggling with the metaphysical issue of whether we > > >> > already have free will. > > >> > Central to the question of free will is the nature of human identity, > > >> > and it is in this regard that the Buddhist view of emptiness and > > >> > interdependence is truly revolutionary..." > > > >> > A new article by Alan, the entirety of which can be read at: > > > >> >http://www.sbinstitute.com/readinglibrary.html > > > >> > (the first link on the page)- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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