David, Oh, you are correct. I should have stated more clearly that I was including all the gradations between "natural and spontaneous" and "bondage" when it comes to *caring*, but I have mentioned often enough that I reject most either/or juxtapositioning. - And your mentioning of 'Zen and the Art of Archery' could have be construed as having a ring of authority. Sorry if I misunderstood your intent. _As I wrote, I was trying to open up the subject of *caring*_.
Also, David, it is not ALL "mystical and anti-authoritarian" with me. In fact, it is not ALL anything with me. I am sometimes mystical and sometimes anti-authoriarian, but mostly not either. And further those terms are much too grandiose to use in regards to me. And even further, it's not about me at all, but about *caring*. Marsha On Jul 23, 2013, at 6:52 AM, David Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> [Marsha wrote] >>>> I have been thinking about *caring.* Might it be said that there is a >>>> *caring* that is quite natural and spontaneous, and there is a *caring* >>>> that represents something more like bondage? > > >>> [David responded] >>> I don't think non-attached caring is only 'spontaneous'. It can also be >>> quite deliberate. For example there is the 'effortless effort' as discussed >>> in Zen and the Art of Archery.. > > >> [Marsha replied] >> I didn't state that non-attached caring is *only* 'spontaneous', and I have >> never read 'Zen and the Art of Archery', nor am I a student of Zen Buddhism. >> 'Deliberate' seems like a good word. I was just trying to open up the >> subject of *caring*. I don't like to put things in terms of either/or, but >> see gradations between alternatives. I don't think that priests and >> government administrators, or even scientists should dictate what and who >> one should care about, yet I do think one should always try to do the right >> thing. > > [David responds] > But Marsha you created an either/or juxtaposition between a > 'natural/spontaneous' caring and 'bondage' caring. That was your > juxtaposition, not mine. > > But what do you care about these juxtapositions that you create with your > words right? They're only analogies… They aren't the underlying Dynamic > Quality which is the source of all things.. No words can capture that. > > And who ever talked about authority? I just asked you about a statement you > made. It's all very mystical and anti-authoritarian with you... > > 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
