On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:44 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, > > Pardon for the interruption, but I have been considering how one is > encouraged to turn intellectualizing about Quality into the direct > experience of Quality. > > Marsha > > [Mark] > Hi Marsha, Good question. For me, the first step was to realize that intellectualizing about Quality was in fact a direct experience of it. So, what does this mean? It means that if one becomes aware of the process of intellectualization (in a mindfulness way, I suppose) then things become more easy. This is of course the path of Zen, which I will not even try to put down in words.
So, I would encourage those who you are encouraging, to pay attention to what they are thinking. Such thinking can be considered as happening to one, which makes it easier. By consistently being mindful, the choices of Quality become more obvious. This is of course a trick of the mind, but it seems to allow the illusion of freedom to gain predominance. A quote from ZMM comes to mind which I paraphrase since I do not want to look it up. But it happened while Phaedrus and his son were cycling into some town and Phaedrus was contemplating the look on people's faces in their cars: "So difficult when contemplated in advance, so easy when you do it". Quotes are just to distinguish and not real quotes (I don't think). The question is: Is there ever enough information to make the right choice? If so, how do we know when we have got that? Living in Quality, as in Zen, means to respond immediately. Believe me, there is a lot more information already present than can be further accumulated. Right at your fingertips. Of course, the Westernization of Zen has always been difficult. We believe so much in the inherent existence of objects and pursuit of happiness. Gives us something to do I guess. Just my own analogies, of course. I hope they are useful to you. Mark > > > _ > > > 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
