Mark, Ms. Albahari has not mentioned Emptiness either. Her project is to present an intellectual case that while the "sense of self" is real enough, the "self' is a construct and therefore is an illusion.
Marsha p.s. I'm going to be away for a few days. On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:10 PM, 118 wrote: > 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
