Greetings,
Everything is what it is! BUT, it is a little more difficult to
surrender to 'and I wouldn't have it any other way'. The fact is I
cannot have it any other way, because it is what it is. Yes, quality
is tricky business.
Marsha
At 12:39 PM 11/15/2007, eye wrote:
>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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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