Hi John,
On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:19 PM, John Carl wrote: > We don't swat mousies, kittycat, m'dear, we play with them. > > Found three little newborns, in a nest, cleaning out a garden shed. I tried > to keep them alive, but man its difficult to nurse newborn mice. > > Not to mention that they make a high pierced sqeaking that is evidently > audible and attractive to cats. > > As lu found in the morning and was not happy with me. Okay, I confess, I love babies. My little dog's name is Bebe. >> Oh dear, I think you may be bored and disappointed at not having a real >> philosophical brawl with dmb. I hope I don't have to be a mousie for you >> to swat for satisfaction. > > > > Being of inherently non-violent in nature, I like to think of it as > "philosophical tennis match" rather than "philosophical brawling". And I > assure you Marsha, you're always a pleasure to play with. Even when you hit > like a girl and use tricky backspins and dropshots and surprising smashes. I can play the white-man's game. I did it as project leader and as a university student, but I know there is more to knowing that to act by the corporate/academic rules. I can play the game if I need to, but I hope I never need to again. I had to learn to hit like a girl, and found it is the best game in town. I love men. Really! But I don't want to be one. And I don't want to act like one either, no matter how much money or power that posture adds to one's persona. > dmb just ignores most of it and lets the ball sail past him. It's my fault > of course, I didn't hit it to him in an easy-to-reach place and he has > standards to maintain, after all, being the club pro and all... Brawl was my poor choice of a word. I think you were looking for some excitement. I did not miss what happened. There's a quote around somewhere which states something like, 'When you start calling yourself a philosopher, you've ceased to be one." >> How much awareness do we give to the things we are seeing. When do >> we really pay attention? I think normally we jump from spov to spov. >> >> > True, but as long as we're aware of the choices we're making, and don't > assume that the things are actually unimportant, just because we choose to > not pay attention to them, then no real philosophical harm is done. For me, awareness is what I'm working on. I'm really liking it. I wasn't fooling when I told Andre it is staying in touch with a uncomplicated goodness. But it's my thing, and I'm not pushing it for anyone else. Such experience does, though, influence what I think about experience in general. >> I considered saying that the 'seeing' was real, but thought that wouldn't >> work >> well either. Seeing is direct perceptual experience as opposed to the >> 'seer' and the >> 'seen' which are constructed static patterns (memory). >> >> >> >> Seriously, language may be a problem, because already I sense a difference >> with how we're using fact and knowledge, and a difference in the way we >> understand experience. I'll work at it if you think it worth it. >> >> > > No need to work. My invitation is to play. Seriousness need not apply. I think play should be a basic attribute of seriousness. Dancing should be serious and playful. >>> Happy Vernal Equinox Marsha! >> >> Thank you, John. This is my favorite season. I love the Winter because >> Spring >> follows. >> > > > I was commenting to Lu the other day, that you'd think as we get older the > changing of the seasons would be boring by now. Here we go again... But > it's not! In fact just the opposite. The older I get, the more exciting > the budding trees are. You bet. I wait for the new baby leaves and wish I could sprinkle them with vinegar, oil, salt & pepper and start munching. They are so sweet and lovely. Marsha ___ 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/md/archives.html
