Hi Mark, I am not insisting, nor even suggesting, that you, or David, adopt my position, but I find holding patterns as hypothetical is conducive to an open, inquiring mind.
Marsha On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:54 AM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marsha, > I am glad you find freedom in uncertainty. "Holding patterns as > hypothetical" AS hypothetical, suggests that you can move away from > that form of understanding. The way to move away would be to NOT hold > patterns as hypothetical. However, there is an alternative as > presented in my second paragraph. At the root of your statement is > the indication that a degree of uncertainty is necessary to progress. > However, even uncertainty would become hypothetical bringing in the > possibility of certainty. While this idea may seem like a paradox > (which it is), it can be very revealing upon contemplation. > > By questioning the very basis of your knowledge, you imply that there > is the "non-hypothetical". This would follow since "the hypothetical" > suggests that there is the "non-hypothetical" (in order for the terms > "hypothetical" to mean something). Where you then find yourself is > interesting and can become a basis for an appreciation of existence. > By your technique, one can turn away from the idea of coming in > contact with such "non-hypothetical", and turn instead to the > "creative notion" of existence. This would entail surmising that > there is no "non-hypothetical" and instead the appreciation of > existence as creative. When we create a painting, it replaces the > "nothing" that was once there. The same can be said for each moment > of existence. Quality "seeps through" in every instant resulting in > an entirely "new thing" at each moment. > > Pondering on existence in this fashion can also bring about great > freedom. It also places a degree of personal responsibility on what > one creates at every moment. Since most of one's existence is without > forethought, one then can "realize" that one is"tapping into" a much > deeper region of one's ability. This region can be denoted as DQ. > That we "realize things does not mean that we come in contact with > something that we have found, but that we have created it. This would > bring in the idealist notion of "the world as idea". > > Hope this makes sense, but probably not. At least I tried. > > Cheers, > Mark > >>> >>> 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
