this is great Marsha - where did this come from? Did you write it or is there another source?
thanks, margaret > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MarshaV > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:34 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/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1130 - Release > Date: 11/14/2007 9:27 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.33/1132 - Release Date: 11/15/2007 9:34 AM 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/
