I wonder if ambiguity in the term "gotcha" is an issue in this
co-communication.  There are two possible interpretations that I perceive.
 The first that springs to mind is gotcha as in "count coup" -  I just
scored a point for my side -  Gotcha!
The other interpretation is "I got you" as in I'm in harmony with your
meaning and communication has been received.  An "ACK" in TCP/IP terms.  a
GOOD thing.

So the question is which meaning was meant in Fernando's short message?

And the corollary is "who's the weenie now?"


Gotcha!



On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:39 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Oh you,
>
> I speak honestly and from the bottom of my heart, and you disappear and
> then
> reappear to say 'gotcha'.  Weenie!
>
>
> Marsha
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MD] ego vs self
>
> gotcha.
>
>
> ----- Mensagem de [email protected] ---------
>    Data: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:50:14 -0400
>    De: MarshaV <[email protected]>
> Endereço para Resposta (Reply-To): [email protected]
> Assunto: Re: [MD] ego vs self
>      Para: [email protected]
>
>
> >
> > Fernando,
> >
> > Another thought more related to this thread.  Mr. Pirsig wrote LILA using
> > many different voices.  I appreciate the MoQ and enjoy the definitions,
> > explanations and arguments made on its behalf. I think Dynamic Quality
> and
> > static patterns of value (unpatterned experience and patterned
> experience)
> > represent the best world-view available to the West, but it was Lila's
> voice
> > with which I most identified.  I still think the best understanding of
> > 'reality' is found in Lila's words: "...I'm whatever your questions turn
> me
> > into. You don't see that. It's your questions that make me who I am. If
> you
> > think I'm an angel then that's what I am. If you think I'm a whore then
> > that's what I am. I'm whatever you think. And if you change your mind
> about
> > me then I change too. So whatever Richard tells you, it's true. There's
> no
> > way he can lie about me.": reality is whatever you think it is, there's
> no
> > way you can lie about it, and if you change your understanding of
> reality,
> > then reality changes too.
> >
> > There is also Lila's statement that dance is the key to life.
> >
> >
> > Marsha
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> > [email protected]
> > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:59 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [MD] ego vs self
> >
> > Hallo, Marsha!
> >
> > Having a feminine voice in the group is an interesting addition, i think.
> > Why
> > do you think the great scholars of mankind, the prophets, the poets
> > (with a few
> > exceptions), the sages and leaders of mankind have always been male?
> > There´s a
> > lot we can learn with females but they are often put behind the scenes...
> > Why
> > would that be?  Is woman evil, does she lead to confusion has she been
> less
> > imposing throughout time?
> >
> > Yours truly,
> > Fernando.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Mensagem de [email protected] ---------
> >    Data: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:57:10 -0400
> >    De: MarshaV <[email protected]>
> > Endereço para Resposta (Reply-To): [email protected]
> > Assunto: Re: [MD] ego vs self
> >      Para: [email protected]
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> John,
> >>
> >> Fine, if this is what you think, because reality is whatever you think
> it
> > to
> >> be (ease to label, hard to define).
> >>
> >>
> >> Marsha
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Carl
> >> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 12:48 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [MD] ego vs self
> >>
> >> The way I look at it Marsha, is this:  "What I think" is one thing
> >> "Reality" is another.  That's just your basic rule of being.   But the
> > line
> >> between the two is flexible and a creative and conscious choice.  THAT
> is
> >> the MoQ insight into the situation.
> >>
> >> The outline of my self is the inline of the world and the creative act
> of
> >> drawing the line is a dynamic  process.
> >>
> >> which doesn't permit any sort of hard and fast line in the sand, the
> kind
> >> that reductionist westerners crave.
> >>
> >> oh well
> >>
> >> Quality and me -  easy to label, hard to define.
> >>
> >> -------------
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:21 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> John,
> >>>
> >>> If this is what you think, fine, because reality is whatever you think
> it
> >>> to
> >>> be.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Marsha
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -------------
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [email protected]
> >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Carl
> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:09 PM
> >>> To: [email protected]
> >>> Subject: Re: [MD] ego vs self
> >>>
> >>> Marsha,
> >>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >
> >>> > You can choose to be a finite self, but for how long?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "how long" is a question about the future.  Choice doesn't exist in the
> >>> future;  Choice exists in the moment.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> >  How long before you
> >>> > stop choosing, and the patterns take over without your conscious
> >>> awareness.
> >>> > Does your finite self change?  If yes, isn't that a contradiction?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The boundaries of my finitude change with my choice of focus, my
> finitude
> >>> is
> >>> bounded by this focus.  In the moment of choice, there are no
> >>> contradictions.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > The MoQ
> >>> > states that there is static patterns of value and Dynamic Quality,
> > where
> >>> > does your _finite_ self fit into that framework?  Hmmmm?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ummm... lower left corner?  Dead Center?  It's not really up to me.
> I'll
> >>> let others decide.  I'm lazy that way.
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