The moon was always there. It is a false observation to believe your eye's or your senses. The other observables/observers are keeping the moon within reality. Think about the gravity induced by the moon,reflecting in the tides here on earth, The moon is the parent of this tidal effect , and by this tidal precence,the moon stays in the range of observable reality,indirect , but not lesser.
Takes away the mysticism, keeping the reality,pragmatism,radikal empiricism greetz, Adrie 2010/12/2 118 <[email protected]> > Hi Marsha, > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Mark, > > > > I understand. Buddhism offers rationality AND meditation to understand > > and experience for yourself. I believe what you are pointing to is that > > Buddhism is empty, Emptiness is empty. Buddhism, in its rationality > > (wisdom), > > does not escape the reification process. Buddhism, too, is a pointing > to > > the Moon. > > > > > > Marsha > > > > > > [Mark] > Yes, for communication and teaching, which was one of Buddha's clinging > qualities, things much be transformed into words. Such words are fingers > pointing. For whatever reason I don't like the Moon analogy (any more). > It > implies that there is a moon. I believe more that there are fingers > pointing, nothing more. But then, I may change my mind tomorrow. If this > moon is enlightenment, then we are already on the moon. Maybe we should > turn the lights on to realize it. Maybe its fingers pointing to the light > switch. Maybe the moon is pointing to the fingers on the light switch. Or > the Moon is created by the switching of a light. OK, now I am confused. > I've got blisters on my fingers! > > 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 > -- parser 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
