Hi Peter, Of course body and mind are intricately related. We are organic beings. We are awash in organic sensations from the moment of conception on. No one, lest of all me denies this. What I am saying, and all I can refer to here are the people I've know who'v dealt with this in their lives, is that realizing that the act perpetuated against the body only becomes perpetuated against the mind if it is allowed to do so. No one denies that rape, or torture, leaves a lasting impact. But my point here is that this impact is validated, not alleviated, by a culture that erroneously turns the "body" into the "person". Consider what a Buddhist Monk might say as Ron's pal Bubba is about to rape him. Perhaps, "what you do to this body you do not do to me". We may be far from this enlightened ourselves, but I think the "power of destruction" Ron gives the attacker is one WE give the attacker. And I can only fall back on the people I've known who've gone through this to confirm that is how they understand it.
Again, if you are agreeing that there is a "real self" behind all those avatars, can you tell me what you think that "real self" is? What are its characteristics? How would you determine which is "real", Arlo in MD or Aenea in WoW, and why? What about Mark/Julia, which is the "real" self there, and which is the "avatar"? Arlo 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/
