When I read this - I immediately thought of a spanish phrase I learned once:
'dese su puesto' (sorry if I didn't spell or use correct diacritical marks) - translated it means (or should mean - if my spanish is correct): 'give yourself your place' - there was a time when I was very insecure and had a hard time accepting that I deserved many things I had worked at personally, spiritually, intellectually, financially. It took a while before I could say - yes, I own myself. also I think of it when something happens and maybe I was at fault - the phrase, "own it"...own up to it. Own who you are in the moment; good/bad/neutral. do you accept responsibility for your actions - good and bad and where you fit in the moment - "correct situation, correct relationship, and correct function" - to me, this is synonymous with Quality... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Kulp > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 3:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] Do you own... > > > > > Greetings, > > I was listening to a very interesting interview of Marc Pachter, > Director of the National Gallery. He was asked to list people, whose > portraits hung in the museum, that he would like to have dinner > with. He mentioned a few people, a few types, and then he said, "you > know, people who own themselves." I thought that was an > extraordinary comment. So my questions is: > > Do you own yourself, or non-self (however you experience it)? > > I would answer, that since I moved to this lake-cottage, a place to > paint, away from a social community, I feel I have taken ownership of > my non-self. Is this a MOQ perspective? Zen? I don't know. > > What do you think? > > > > Ron: > leasing from the infinite, owning nothing. The payment, > experience. It is a most fortuitous arrangement. > > > > > > 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: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release > Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 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/
