Right you are Gav!!! Once I realized all is analogy, the logos and the mythos, it ALL becomes part of the playground. Dan's Zen story, and the little book I mentioned, explains things well. And so have you.
Marsha At 07:04 PM 11/16/2007, you wrote: >hey there, > >divining the future is an ancient practice common to all cultures. >it is obviously pragmatically effective since it has endured for so >long. it is another window on myth. divination is based on >archetypal resonance. it is attempt to shed light on the unfolding >divine ( hence 'divination') plan, to intuit through an alignment >with cosmic processes. > >the lack of understanding and the naive dismissiveness regarding >such subtle and sophisticated technologies as astrology, tarot, >i-ching etc points to a fundamental flaw, common to many on this >list: to deride or ignore or dismiss what one doesn't (yet) >understand. this is not good. this only encourages stasis and stagnation. > >although pirsig has repeatedly pointed out the central value of the >myth - reality being the product of the mythos - it is still a very >difficult thing to grasp. it is difficult because it requires a >radical reorientation. reality is the reflection of the endless >interconnecting drama of billions of characters all undertaking the >same archetypal journey from ignorance to god-manhood. > >as campbell said these archetypal resonances are energy-releasing. >we acquire more life, a more full life, with each discrete step along the way. > >in the west our myths are disjointed. we have the 'freedom myth' >(america is about freedom...etc) which because it is unconsciously >held --ie we don't recognise it *as* myth (monistic), rather as >literal (dualisitic..polar opposites) -- presumes and maintains our >imprisonment. we have to defend freedom, enforce freedom etc etc. > > the emerging myth is gaia. we are seeing it become more evident > all the time. planetary consciousness. earth as goddess. > > myth is always fecund. it is the source after all. the fantasy > genre of literature is at best heavily mythic. this was tolkien's > explicit aim (a gaia myth and a freedom myth); donaldson also with > his covenant series produced a quality gaia myth. and harry potter > is also evidence of quality myth. with all there is a blurring of > the lines between 'normal' reality and 'magic' reality. this is key > for the two interpenetrate. and this interpenetration is the whole > journey: we don't have two realities (duality); we have one > (singularity) in which the profane *is* sacred. > >this creates the avalanche. there is only one reality and it is >essentially spiritual (ie intelligent). heaven is earth. > >this intelligent reality unfolds according to cosmic laws which are >recognised and symbolised in divination. > > > > >--------------------------------- >Make the switch to the world's best email. Get the new Yahoo!7 Mail now. >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/
