Hi Marsha, I fully understand. As a scientist I also treat everything as hypothetical. That is the scientific method. I interpret what I envision in the most useful manner knowing that interpretations always change.
My suggestion was to hold your hypothetical as hypothetical. You will not always consider your view as hypothetical. It is the most useful to you right now. This too shall pass. Enjoy your hypothetical, it will get you beyond it. There is nothing I can tell you, you need to create it on your own. Just treat what I write as hypothetical, if that works for you. Cheers, Mark On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:51 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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
