Hi Ron, Everything is what it is! How deceptively simple. Quality. And I bet you do know this.
Marsha At 10:02 AM 11/15/2007, you wrote: >Marsha, >I wanted to express that I know of what you speak. >My wish is to help uncloud the path toward this realization. >If I eliminate one trap toward this I feel that I >Have contributed a small something to this forum. > >Thank you for your excellent posts. > >I feel making SOM synonymous with intellect is >One such trap. > >-R > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MarshaV >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:34 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > >Greetings, > >Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings, >Weave a tangled web of concordances. >Simple practice never occurs to them. >Give up education, and the world will be better. > > >There are many who seek Tao through intellect. They revel in >thousands of coincidences, seek similarities in all the world's >religions, conduct learned discourses for enthralled audiences. But >they would reach the truth faster if they tied their thoughts to >experience. > >The intellect is inherently dualistic. It makes distinctions and >creates new connections between concepts and calls that >"meaning." This type of analytical thinking is extremely limited in >the face of Tao, which is not fully rational, nor fully quantitative, >not fully describable. Though most followers of Tao are learned, >they also realize that the intellect is but one aspect in what must >be a multifaceted approach to Tao. > >It is said one must give up education, not because we should be dumb, >but because we must seek a level on consciousness beyond the >intellect. We must study, but not to the point that emphasis on >experience and meditation is lost. If we can combine the intellect >and direct experience with out meditative mid, then there will be no >barrier to the wordless perception of reality. > > > > >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/ >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/ 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/
