Mark, I am disappoint that you do realize that I am a entertainer too, a dancer. Oh well.
Marsha On Nov 14, 2010, at 4:38 PM, 118 wrote: >> >> Hi Marsha, >> > > I thought I would take your post to give a comment on Wallace. I listened > to part of a series on the conscious universe as is available on the web. I > understand where he is coming from and he does apply great rhetoric. What > kind of turns me off is his premise of actually imparting something that is > more real than something else. He does bring Eastern thought in through his > understanding of physics which is entertaining, but ignores the > self-referencing principles that underly it. It is based on certain > agreements that some people have. There is no suggestion (so far) that this > is a personal interpretation and therefore is one of many. > > As I see it, and I have presented this before, this infatuation with > knowledge does not realize that it is a creation of the human mind. It has > no meaning beyond that. Some creations can be considered more beautiful > than others. This is where Quality comes in instead of truth. > > I will leave you with the following metaphor. We are all falling down a > deep well. There is plenty of time to be creative during that fall. We can > imagine what is at the bottom. We can try to create concepts of the walls > which are passing us by. And we have transmitters so that we can enter into > agreement with others on these creations. We do not know why or where the > falling came from, nor can we. In the meantime we entertain ourselves with > creations from the mind. I personally like the way in which Alan Watts > brings in Eastern thought, better than Wallace. Watts called himself an > entertainer, not a professor or Guru. I found that refreshing and very > instructive. > > Cheers, > Mark > >> [Marsha] >> From B. Alan Wallace's book 'Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science & >> Spirituality:' >> >> "The origin of doctrine of the two truths is found in a teaching >> given by the Buddha on a mountaintop in northeastern India >> called Vulture's Peak. There he first expounded on emptiness, >> and made the statement "Form is emptiness and emptiness is >> form." Note that "form" is considered relative truth and "emptiness" >> ultimate truth in this system." >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> >> 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 >> > 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 ___ 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
