> At 01:15 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote: > > > At 12:13 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote: > > > >[Marsha] > > > > > For Pete's sake, the DQ is always there, but awareness is not. > - > > > > > > > >You mean like God, always there but awareness of Her is not? > > > >Doesn't make much sense, does it? > > > > > > > >Platt > > > > > > > > > Greeting Platt, > > > > > > God? Is that some kind of toothpaste? > > > > > > I understand DQ and sq to be mutual interdependent. Because of the > > > habit of thinking that sq (self and objects) are reality, awareness > > > of DQ has been ignored and almost lost. You can, though, see > through > > > sq to ??? > > > >Hi Marsha, > > > >Suppose I say, "Because of the habit of sq thinking that God isn't > real, > >awareness of God has been ignored and almost lost. You can, though, see > >through your though sq habit to ???" > > > >Doesn't make much sense, does it? > > Greetings Platt, > > I have said many times god does not exist for me and does not not > exist for me. The concept has no meaning, so I do not know what you > are talking about. > > > >Please understand I do not deny the experience of DQ that "stops you in > >your tracks.". > > I never said anything like "stops you in your tracks." > > > >It's just not something I experience every day. > > Nor am I aware of such experiences everyday. > > > >Nor do I > >deny a mystic experience of a transcendent reality, nor any experience > that > >profoundly affects someone, whether it's claimed to have come from God > or > >not. > > Again that word 'god'? I've dropped it from my understanding of > meaningful concepts. > > > >While Pirsig is a devout atheist, let us not forget his observation > >that: "The Metaphysics of Quality identifies religious mysticism with > >Dynamic Quality." > > Religious mysticism may be an experience of DQ, that doesn't mean > that DQ is a religious experience.
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