Hi Michael, Is there danger of a pattern becoming an inherently existing entity? No... The fundamental nature of static quality is Dynamic Quality. Or form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Or nirvana is samsara. I might say that Dynamic Quality runs through the veins of all that is language and all that is not language.
I love language. Does a dog have Buddha nature? Yes, because all things have Buddha nature. No, because all things have no nature. Don't you just love it? Doesn't it make your heart beat fast? I don't much care for your example of 'woman penetrating the barrier.' It sounds like too much male storytelling (fantasy). Roman centurion? I find when it comes to interpreting women, men are quite clueless, though I do thank you for trying, and I will admit I am unsure of your exact meaning in offering the example. Marsha On Oct 28, 2012, at 12:38 AM, "Michael R. Brown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi M. - > > There's always the danger of ossification. > > A New Age system I like - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Michael_Teachings > - says "As soon as a religion is written down, it dies." > > I know Pirsig isn't (explicitly) trying for a new religion. > > Yet out of the archeology of dead traces, new life comes. > > I think his moment with the plant and the lady watering it is immortal. We > reach it *through* the static letters on pages. D.H. Lawrence has a moment > like that in "The Rainbow." Ursula, his 1910s New Woman heroine, is bored > stuff studying Latin. Then, all of the sudden, she feels the blood going > through the veins of a Roman centurion. She's penetrated the barrier. > > Impossible without the "dead language"! > > > MRB > > > On 10/24/2012 8:23 AM, MarshaV wrote: >> Hi Michael, >> >> My memory is not as accurate as yours, the quote actually reads: >> >> "He disliked dogs, ..." (ZAMM, Chapter 7) >> >> How strange it must be to have your likes and dislikes made static by being >> a comment made in a book published in 1974. It might be that in 2012, RMP >> loves dogs, and like Schopenhauer is particularly fond of poodles. >> Marsha > > 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
