Marsha, The self is independent of the physical world, but not independent of DQ.
Miri is way behind MoQ. Perhaps you should set her straight. Mark On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:39 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > "So if the self lacks realty, it is probably due to its boundedness. > Boundedness is that aspect by which a subject's awareness presents itself as > part and parcel of an _ontologically unique_ subject with personalised > boundaries that separate a _me_, viz., a self, from the rest of the world. > It was argued in Chapter 4 that our _sense_ of being a bounded entity, viz., > the subject's sense of being _awareness-as-bounded_, is most closely tied up > with the role 'personal owner' --- a role that must be assumed before one can > identify as a thinker of thoughts or agent of action." > > (Albahari, Miri, 'Analytical Buddhism: The Two-tiered Illusion of Self ' > p.170) > > > Marsha: > This construction of an illusory autonomous self that is independent of the > "rest of the world" seems like second nature, while the actual unbounded > witnessing, whether attentive witnessing or inattentive witnessing, is more > probably the nexus of the quality event. It's interesting to speculate that > the witnessing, when attended to, is the "the cutting edge of reality". > Mindfulness seems to be the skill to develop a keener attentive-witnessing > ability. I guess... > > > ___ > > > 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
