On Apr 7, 2010, at 11:41 AM, John Carl wrote: > Not mockery, Marsha. Think rather homage. > > Except maybe for that song, I think you'd like Dan Bern. He writes some > philosophically insightful song, he does. > > But I'm glad you asked because there is a point to it, besides the relevancy > of a tiger woods reference and a quote I found apropos - "It ain't braggin' > if its true", and the point is that as a yang-oriented person, I can't > accept "not this, not that".
Yes, of course, but it could be 'not yin, not yang', and bring a whole new dimension to experience, but I'm just a beginner, and a bit untested. And maybe it's not too difficult for me considering I'm no longer a mother or wife. I'm kind of a monk. > Too nebulous. Too wishy-washy, too negative. Nothing is posited, nothing > achieved. I am truly a poor communicator if you think this. What is gained is freedom, but again, I haven't been truly tested. > I must project a positive idea about reality. Sure it's impossible to be > absolutely correct from all perspectives. Sure it's as futile as > pre-planning the perfect chess opening. But there's something in my soul > that whispers, "aw go ahead and do it anyway" It might be construed as > degenerate activity, naming the unnameable, but like other degenerate > activities we males are drawn to, we just gotta do it anyway. Wow! I tell myself 'aw go ahead and do it anyway' all the time. Do you think that letting go of fondly held misconceptions is easy? > But this isn't a criticism of the quality you find in your formulation. Not > at all. It's a realization that we (MD) need differing POVs, and need the > mystery formulations in the hands of someone that knows how to wield 'em. I was careful to write 'a view' rather than 'the view'. Leaving the mystery formations might be better left in the hands of someone that knows how to wield 'em, but they are there for everyone, even a boob like me. You are an amusing guy, John, 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
