Hi Dan, I can appreciate what you say below, and I fully agree. It was that notion of maintenance that drew me into ZMM many years ago. Pride in one's work is perhaps another way to put it. My comments are not contrary to yours, simply filling is some gaps that I think may be useful to others.
Cheers, Mark On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:02 PM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Dan, >> >> The way I interpreted David, was that work was needed to become aware >> of dynamic quality. Sure, it is all pervasive, but many are not >> personally aware of this. Thus the discipline. > > Hi Mark > > Yes, I understood what David Harding was getting at, and perhaps on > account of my own personal history of sitting (or walking) zazen I > tend to discount the work. Work to me is just work. Sitting is just > sitting. Whatever you do, just do. But do it right. > > And of course many who are not aware of this... that's why I walk into > a place today to get the oil changed in my Jeep (which I never do... I > always change it myself but I've been so busy and it got away from me > so I thought, well, I'll stop into this Quick Lube place) and the > radio is blaring some kind of head-banging acid rock and a goofy > looking teenage kid with purple hair and a nose ring comes up to me > covered with grease and dripping oil from his clothes and wonders if > he can help me. > > Ummm, no thanks, I said, and turned around and walked right back out. > Now, that kid looked like he was working, of that I have no doubt. But > all the work in the world isn't going to get him even a little bit > closer to Dynamic Quality. I can pretty much guarantee that. > > That was my point to David Harding, and I stand by it. > > Thank you, > > Dan > 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
