HI John, By 'conscious of Quality' I mean awareness. Awareness is a good thing. Patterns are patterns, they are here and gone, here and gone, here and gone. Awareness is more than just words, and I find dwelling in awareness an improvement, not utopia, but an improvement.
It can be a time of year with too many expectations demanding attention. The expectations are just patterns too. The crap we are in is a cluster of patterns. I like to celebrate Yule by stringing cranberries, popcorn and sunflower seeds on a tree for the birds. And Yule represents the rebirth of the sun; the days start to get longer. Marsha On Dec 17, 2009, at 12:39 PM, John Carl wrote: > Salutations Marsha, > > >> Here are the words of one Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: >> >> "Causes and results are infinite in number and variety. Everything affects >> everything. In this universe, when one thing changes, everything changes. >> Hence the great power of man in changing the world by changing himself." > > > > Man changing himself sounds as likely as a babe changing its own diapers. > Can a leopard change its spots? And what is change? Change in patterned > and unpatterned Quality is continuous and illusory, both at once. If > anything is illusory, it is this thing called "change". > > > >> , of course, I think patterns, not things. But this is how I tend to see >> improvement in the world happening by Quality decisions. How does one make >> quality decisions? By consciously being Quality. >> >> > You seem to think Quality is a good thing, but most people on this forum > attribute no intrinsic goodness to Quality. That's too idealistic. > > Improvement? What is improvement? Why does the world need to improve? Why > does a man need to consciously be Quality? What does that even mean? > Nobody knows. Everything we do and say and share is just words meant to > make us feel better about the crap we are in. > > Maybe I should just go sit on a hot stove for a while till my butt burns. > Then I can knowingly make a Quality decision to get off and improve the > world that way. Nothing much else seems to lead anywhere meaningful. > > Sigh. > > Sorry. > > I am in a mood. I should probably not inflict it upon others. > > That would probably help the world. > > John the misanthropic cheese > 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/ _____________ Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars... 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/
