Marsha That is utterly ridiculous. A school building is a construct. Does that make it an illusion?
Mark On Aug 25, 2011, at 3:41 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 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
