Like two flamingoes in fruit fight.
On 15/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tropical Hot Dog Night > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Peter Corteen > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:17 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > 'If you want to be a different kind of fish, you've got to > > get out of the school' (Don van Vleit). > > > > On 15/11/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.33/1132 - Release > > Date: 11/15/2007 9:34 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/ > 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/
