Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > [Platt previously] > > > > > > Everyone keeps telling me Buddhism is about > > > > > > illusions. So do you think > > > > > > that the world and yourself are illusions, > > or not? If not, I'd be interested in > > > > > > how you tell the difference between what's > > > > illusory and what's real. > > > > > > [SA previously] > > > > > Well, illusory is not real, therefore how > > > > could any "difference" be told? > > [Platt] > > That's the difference. You've just told it. Illusory > > is not real. > > > So why are you against something that's not real? > Isn't that like trying to hit a tree in a field that > has no trees?
I'm not against something that's not real. I'm against calling what's real an illusion. > > > > [Platt previously] > > > > So you can't tell the difference between the > > woods and Santa Claus? How strange. > > [SA previously] > > > Oh, was I talking about the woods and Santa > > Claus above? Sorry, I'll have to learn to read > between > > the lines where I don't mention woods and where I > > don't mention Santa Claus is definitely not what I > was > > > talking about. Yes, it is strange how I talked > > about Santa Claus and woods and didn't even know it, > > hmmmm, maybe I'll keep re-reading what I wrote and > find > > those words in there somewhere above. > > [Platt] > > I talked about the woods and Santa Claus and asked > > how you told the difference? > > I assume your answer is the former is real and the > > latter is illusory. > > > Don't assume what I know!! Your assuming is > dictorial and doesn't allow me to think. Sorry. Didn't mean to offend. I assume what you know when it's not clear by your statements what you know. If I assume incorrectly, you say so. That's how discussion progresses. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
