Ron, The statement in this the post cited below is "Reality is whatever you think it is"
not "that reality is whatever you want it to be". Marsha On Dec 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, X Acto wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: MarshaV <[email protected]> > To: MoQ <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, December 5, 2010 1:02:38 PM > Subject: [MD] Thus spoke Lila > > > Greetings: > > I still think the best understanding of REALITY is found in Lila's > words(LILA, > Chapter 14): "...I'm whatever your questions turn me into. You don't see > that. > It's your questions that make me who I am. If you think I'm an angel then > that's > what I am. If you think I'm a whore then that's what I am. I'm whatever you > think. And if you change your mind about me then I change too. So whatever > Richard tells you, it's true. There's no way he can lie about me." - > Reality is whatever you think it is (your patterns), there's no way you can > lie > about it, and if you change your understanding of reality, then reality > changes > too. > > > > Here are something by David Bohm that says the same thing: > > "Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we > believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive > depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think. > What > we think depends on what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we > believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take > to > be true is our reality." > > (Mathieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan, 'The Quantum and the Lotus: A > Journey > to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet',p.121) > > > > ___ ___ 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
