At 06:14 AM 1/6/2009, you wrote:
At a certain point, you just forget everything and then maybe you just see
things with a materialistic, scientific perspective.
Isn't this the most common Western way of seeing? Put the thing on
the examining table? There would be no need to leave home for this
point-of-view.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:29 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 11:17 AM 1/2/2009, you wrote:
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>> <SNIP>
>> >Marsha quoted
>> > "No thought is more or less real than any other thought. But when we
>> > separate our thoughts and ourselves from our thoughts by trying to
>> > grasp them or reject them, we separate ourselves from reality and
>> > create the fiction of transient existence, both for our thoughts and
>> > ourselves."
>> >
>>
>> Yesterday's sunlight
>> may shine elsewhere on this day
>> not so the flowers of spring
>>
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>
> Mel,
>
> This stunned me, stopped me in my tracks, left me speechless. It was much
> appreciated.
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> Marsha
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> thanks--mel
>> >
>> >
>> > >----- Original Message -----
>> > >From: "MarshaV" <[email protected]>
>> > >To: "MD Forum" <[email protected]>
>> > >Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:48 AM
>> > >Subject: [MD] All teachings,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > "All teachings, including those of the Prajnaparamita, are based on
>> > > > our understanding of what is real. Although most people nowadays
>> > > > view reality as matter, and some see it as energy, Buddhists see it
>> > > > as mind, but mind that isn't separate from matter or energy. The
>> > > > nature of things and the nature of mind, according to Buddhists, are
>> > > > not different. Even if we do separate the worlds of matter and
>> mind,
>> > > > or energy and mind, we are only able to do so through the constructs
>> > > > of the mind. It is through our minds that we know anything at all,
>> > > > whether matter, energy, mind, or reality. ..."
>> > > >
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>> > .
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>> > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the
>> stars.........
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