hey ian, comment below --- ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gav, when you say > "it is better that the whole world should perish > rather than i act > against my own nature." > > I need to remind you of the paradox, that earlier > you explained the > human (any being) being "in and of nature" in the > world. > > When you say, the whole world should perish, you > cannot literally mean > it ... you surely mean a whole aspect of the world > ... at which point > I might find ways of agreeing with you ... but as > the footnote on > every page of my blog says the words "creative > destruction" can never > again be used lightly, the stakes are too high. > > As I say, I respect your knowing where you want to > be, your matter of > principle, but you can understand people rejecting a > path to get there > that involves "that the whole world should perish" ? > > What do you really mean by that phrase ? i am actually paraphrasing someone else from the vague depths of my memory, but the gist is koan like. that is if you get it you get it through seeing it from a new angle - the reversal of perspective - such that YOU are the centre of the universe, you are at the centre of the wheel, instead of being thrown about the rim. 'god is an intelligible sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference is nowhere' it is about acceptance; it is about surrending to the intelligence that manifests all through us. it is about being your self, living your own life, rather than trying to live it for others, or having yours governed by others. it is difficult to explain further. it is about trust. if you don't feel it yet i can't really help you. gav > Ian > 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo!7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/unlimitedstorage.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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
