Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread david buchanan
Marsha: You still don't see why your equation doesn't add up? You still don't see the problem with your reasoning? I thought I'd made it impossible to miss, even for you. And what I did was neither a hissy-fit nor was it merely insulting. It was a step-by-step explanation and, as usual, you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:33 PM, 118 wrote: Hi Marsha, No reason to be so defensive. Marsha: I was not getting a bit defensive. Why should I? I am sure that you have read neti-neti, it shows in your posts. All I am saying is that it is an insufficient rational description. I can find

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
Dmb, The mind reifies; that's the key to my understanding. Here again is my definition of the Intellectual Level: The Intellectual Level, the fourth level, is comprised of static patterns of value such as theology, mathematics, science and philosophy. The way that these patterns function

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
dmb, As far as I know intellectual patterns are as I stated, and I have seen no evidence to the contrary. Have you presented an intellectual pattern that transcends a subject/object representation of reality, excluding art which may use intellectual patterns but also makes use of inorganic,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread david buchanan
discussion. Never mind. dmb From: val...@att.net Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:52:55 -0400 To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One dmb, As far as I know intellectual patterns are as I stated, and I have seen no evidence to the contrary. Have you presented an intellectual

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread Andre Broersen
dmb to Marsha: Intellect is what you're using to ask the question. It's just the ability to skillfully handle concepts, abstractions, generalizations and the like. Intellectual patterns are the products of that skill. Andre: What gets me every time I read Marsha's (apparently Buddhist

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
From: val...@att.net Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:52:55 -0400 To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One dmb, As far as I know intellectual patterns are as I stated, and I have seen no evidence to the contrary. Have you presented an intellectual pattern that transcends

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread david buchanan
Marsha said to dmb: ... You want to think meditation is clap-trap, then don't excited with me that you do not understand. dmb says: Typical. I can certainly count on you to misread everything. I posted a quote saying that everyone meditates even if their culture tells them they don't. And

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
dmb, Oh right! You didn't say anything. Too risky. Here what you wrote: dmb says: Yes, it's a refutation. I sincerely hope you'll think about it and come to your own conclusions about what and how. But here's a hint. The key words are meditation and clap-trap. You

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread 118
Hi dmb, I am a little slow. Could you give me a definition for SOM? The shorter the better, and I won't read between the lines. I may be operating under false premises. If that is not possible, please direct me to a web site that does. Thanks, Mark On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:15 AM, david

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread 118
Marsha: I never stated that the MoQ could be described by neti-neti. I was saying to Dan that all this talk it not Quality(Ultimate Truth). I do not understand your complaint? Mark: My complaint was that I do not understand what you are saying. Could all this talk be considered attempts at a

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:03 PM, 118 wrote: Marsha: I never stated that the MoQ could be described by neti-neti. I was saying to Dan that all this talk it not Quality(Ultimate Truth). I do not understand your complaint? Mark: My complaint was that I do not understand what you are saying.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread 118
Hey John, I once asked a Zen Buddhist priest what the principle of Zen was, he said Balance. So you got some friends in high places. Yea, rubbing shoulders, I had nothing to do with it, just happened to be in the right place at the right time, guess that's why I keep moving. Usually I am more

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread 118
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:11 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.comwrote: Mark said: So, in the context of skilled interpreters, what is the mechanism by which MOQ is crystalizing and growing? Certainly there should be boundaries or rules of engagement which encompass the direction,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread 118
Dan: Okay. So, my cats (subject) see a mouse (object) running through the grass, catch it, and eat it. Are they using subjeect/object metaphysics, or not? Mark: No, they are not. They are catching a mouse, there is no need for subject/object metaphysics. When you are watching a movie, are you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:48 PM, 118 wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan Glover

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
If you insist on the phrase, formalised subject/object conceptual framework, Marsha, then the model you propose, is called science, and it is a sol-ution , not even a somreasoning.Not that i disagree on developing the framework. One of the problems this model contains, is in fact that the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
Adrie, Try to keep it sticking together, with you? Marsha On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:24 AM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote: If you insist on the phrase, formalised subject/object conceptual framework, Marsha, then the model you propose, is called science, and it is a sol-ution , not even a

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
MarshaV aan moq_discuss details weergeven 11:29 (7 minuten geleden) Adrie, Try to keep it sticking together, with you? Marsha - Tekst uit oorspronkelijke bericht weergeven - Not sure if this question is to be meant sarcastic?, or an open end question,..if you like to clarify? Have to do some

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
I admire your attempts at being coherent. It was a compliment. Keep trying... On Oct 20, 2010, at 5:39 AM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote: MarshaV aan moq_discuss details weergeven 11:29 (7 minuten geleden) Adrie, Try to keep it sticking together, with you? Marsha - Tekst uit

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 19, 2010, at 3:21 PM, John Carl wrote: Mark I'm glad you brought up Shlain, he has come up before and I think Marsha's reading him, got about halfway through that book probably (me too!). Greetings Mark and John, Hmmm. You are correct. I read about half way. It was

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:35 AM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Dan: Okay. So, my cats (subject) see a mouse (object) running through the grass, catch it, and eat it. Are they using subjeect/object metaphysics, or not? Mark: No, they are not.  They are catching a mouse,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:21 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:48 PM, 118 wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM, MarshaV

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:21 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:48

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Hi , Mr Buchanan, The model Pirsig is advokating is based upon making progress, So is Ant's model, it is based upon the case-evidence, the material that is availiable,empirical knowledge that is already availiable, and quality. So your proposal here, (pluralism, possible fusion,perennialism,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread John Carl
Mark I'm glad you brought up Shlain, he has come up before and I think Marsha's reading him, got about halfway through that book probably (me too!). When I read it, I ended up having to put it down because I got so excited about the congruence with MoQ insights into classical and romantic

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread John Carl
Greetings, adrie. To the first part, I will simply take you to be chiming in with dan's critique of my style. Ok. Got you. duly noted and when the audience is unhappy, the tomatoes rain from the balconey even, then certainly the artist must bow out, duck behind a curtain, stay off the stage.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread John Carl
Dan: Okay. So, my cats (subject) see a mouse (object) running through the grass, catch it, and eat it. Are they using subjeect/object metaphysics, or not? No, Metaphysics are of intellect, a uniquely human attribute. And since intellect contains metaphysics, which contain definitions of

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
John Carl aan moq_discuss details weergeven 19:23 (27 minuten geleden) Greetings, adrie. To the first part, I will simply take you to be chiming in with dan's critique of my style. Ok. Got you. duly noted and when the audience is unhappy, the tomatoes rain from the balconey even, then

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
Oh, you're attempting coherence again. Good boy! On Oct 20, 2010, at 2:59 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER wrote: John Carl aan moq_discuss details weergeven 19:23 (27 minuten geleden) Greetings, adrie. To the first part, I will simply take you to be chiming in with dan's critique of

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
i have no intention what so ever , JC , to take steps to boot you out. Neither by action or association with or without Dan, or DMB. Your beef with DMB is your beef with DMB, not my case, not Dan's case. your case, - deal with it. 2010/10/20 ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.com John Carl aan

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:21 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread John Carl
I think you're overthinking a bit, Adrie. Something I have a lot of experience doing so I recognized it immediately. (Adrie) Nope,engaging is not chiming in, and no, its not about Dan's critique on your style. Its about sneaking out on the presented subject, by deviating the conversation to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 20, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:21 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 4:55 PM,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread 118
John opined: My opinion is that classifying the intellect is only possible with differentiation and opposition. If there were no aspects, intellectual and romantic, then the intellect would not realize intellect nor would the romantic feel any good about love. See what I mean? In a sense,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:37 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-20 Thread X Acto
John said: you can shove your armpit up where the son don't shine. Ron: Saw a guy do that on youtube... got banned .. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives:

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread 118
Hi Guys, This dialogue has got my head spinning, don't understand most of it. With no intention of changing the subject, I wanted to respond on the following part by John: [John] But if there is more to intellect than the classical definition of intellect. If intellect, as I claim, includes

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Hi guys, Following in , on the totality of this interaction,have to say,this is shifting to very good qualitystuff. very good material, intense and honestly. Adrie 2010/10/19 Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com Hello everyone On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:47 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: The intellectual level is just thinking, plain and simple. You know that, John. Marsha: Aren't all patterns conceptually constructed? Wouldn't that make all levels just thinking? ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:26 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: The intellectual level is just thinking, plain and simple. You know that, John. Marsha: Aren't all patterns conceptually constructed?  Wouldn't that

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread Dan Glover
: ununocti...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi dmb, Perhaps you can answer this question I have been wondering about.  Does the use of the name Lila have anything to do with the sanskrit Lila?  This would be like the playground, or even Reality.  Sometimes I

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:26 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: The intellectual level is just thinking, plain and simple. You know that, John. Marsha:

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread david buchanan
Mark said to dmb: My opinion is that once a book is written in the fictional realm, the author releases himself from the character. The reader then interprets the character as he sees fit. In this way, a character continues to grow. So, I suppose it doesn't really matter what RMP meant,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:48 PM, 118 wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:26 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Dan Glover

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread John Carl
Good morning, Dan. I feel rested and ready, which is good. You have offered me a lot of response here and I appreciate the effort. And projecting a bit, I feel you're pain! I mean, you only have to deal with me on occasion, imagine what it's like for me. Thanks for bringing out the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread John Carl
Greetings Dan and all, I glance ahead in my queue, and observe activity in this thread. What is all the hullaballoo? Dan: Clowning around is being polite? So please and thank you are forms of clowning around. I don't see it that way but if you say so... Dang, if I was a professional

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread John Carl
Mark I'm glad you brought up Shlain, he has come up before and I think Marsha's reading him, got about halfway through that book probably (me too!). When I read it, I ended up having to put it down because I got so excited about the congruence with MoQ insights into classical and romantic

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:29 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:26 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:39 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: The intellectual level

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 12:48 PM, 118 wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:26 AM,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
John Carl aan moq_discuss details weergeven 20:55 (2 uren geleden) Greetings Dan and all, I glance ahead in my queue, and observe activity in this thread. What is all the hullaballoo? Dan: Clowning around is being polite? So please and thank you are forms of clowning around. I don't see it

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread 118
Mark said to dmb: My opinion is that once a book is written in the fictional realm, the author releases himself from the character. The reader then interprets the character as he sees fit. In this way, a character continues to grow. So, I suppose it doesn't really matter what RMP meant, he

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning, Dan.  I feel rested and ready, which is good.  You have offered me a lot of response here and I appreciate the effort.  And projecting a bit, I feel you're pain! I mean, you only have to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread david buchanan
Dan said to John: You'll have to forgive me, but if a friendship ended on account of what someone wrote on an Internet discussion site, then that friendship wasn't all strong to begin with. I mean, come on. Blaming dmb for that? dmb says: It does seem pretty ridiculous to blame me for your

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-19 Thread david buchanan
Mark said: So, in the context of skilled interpreters, what is the mechanism by which MOQ is crystalizing and growing? Certainly there should be boundaries or rules of engagement which encompass the direction, like the DNA of a seed defines direction for the shape of the tree. Such

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 17, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:41 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: Why would Bo deserve an apology? He was rude, insensitive, and left the discussion of his own accord.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: mornin' Dan. Dan: Why would Bo deserve an apology? He was rude, insensitive, and left the discussion of his own accord. I never subscribed to the incessant arguing over what defines the intellectual

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 6:29 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dan, I missed a whole bunch more to comment upon and reply to. Dan: This discussion is centered around the MOQ. I write stories myself and share them from time to time with the group but it is my

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread John Carl
Hello Dan, Dan: I don't recall you trying to engage me on anything but the definition of the intellectual level, which we both already know. First off, I'm glad you actually do feel you have something to discuss with me. Even though you said you didn't. I'll take it as a good thing you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dan, Dan: I don't recall you trying to engage me on anything but the definition of the intellectual level, which we both already know. First off, I'm glad you actually do feel you have something

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread John Carl
Hello Dan. Well. (deep breath) Here goes. Explaining yourself poorly, is not Quality in thought and expression dan. Are you admitting to some clowning of your own? Dan: Well, you are not getting what I am saying so I am being polite by pointing the fault at myself. Yes! Exactly!

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:47 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dan. Well.  (deep breath)  Here goes. Explaining yourself poorly, is not Quality in thought and expression dan. Are you admitting to some clowning of your own? Dan: Well, you are not getting

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread david buchanan
mess so maybe she's mostly just Lila the bar lady, the one who wears too much bad perfume. dmb Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:24:49 -0700 From: ununocti...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi dmb, Perhaps you can answer this question I have been wondering

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-18 Thread 118
lady, the one who wears too much bad perfume. dmb Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:24:49 -0700 From: ununocti...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi dmb, Perhaps you can answer this question I have been wondering about. Does the use of the name Lila

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-17 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: Why would Bo deserve an apology? He was rude, insensitive, and left the discussion of his own accord. Marsha: Andre, the little friend you support, was pure rudeness with never an intelligent thought of his own, other than his

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-17 Thread John Carl
mornin' Dan. Dan: Why would Bo deserve an apology? He was rude, insensitive, and left the discussion of his own accord. I never subscribed to the incessant arguing over what defines the intellectual level. When I read LILA, I had no problem understanding what Robert Pirsig was on about.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-17 Thread david buchanan
Dan said: ... I recall Mary getting upset that he would have an affair with a bar lady while he was still married. And yet he told me himself that he was Lila, and the boat, and the rest of the story as well. That's what I am driving at. You are the story. How does your life pertain the MOQ.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-17 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 3:41 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Dan: Why would Bo deserve an apology? He was rude, insensitive, and left the discussion of his own accord. Marsha: Andre, the little friend you support, was

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-17 Thread 118
Hi dmb, Perhaps you can answer this question I have been wondering about. Does the use of the name Lila have anything to do with the sanskrit Lila? This would be like the playground, or even Reality. Sometimes I have likened Lila to Maya in a general way. I tried reading the book once with

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Well, I'v been reading the edge of chaos in the archives. Do you understand the word decoherence? Mind this , i can see a very high intellect at the same time. contemplate. Hm, other forms of knowledge/bible. The bible is not written by Jesus, nor by god,none of the value's within the old or new

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Thanks for sharing this one, Dan, so true,Dan: This discussion is centered around the MOQ. I write stories myself and share them from time to time with the group but it is my hope that others may see the value there and how it pertains to the MOQ. I am not an autobiographer. And I realize

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
ADRIE KINTZIGER aan moq_discuss details weergeven 10:22 (8 uren geleden) Thanks for sharing this one, Dan, so true,Dan: This discussion is centered around the MOQ. I write stories myself and share them from time to time with the group but it is my hope that others may see the value there and

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread 118
Hi Andrie, Yes, you may be correct, coherence is not one of my strong points. I also do not wish to discuss religion, and only bring it up as a foil to your use of science. I am more than happy to discuss based on logic. Just don't use physics as if it really proves something in metaphysics.

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2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Is your father native Dutch or indodutch or an islander from Bonaire/Curacao? My mother is Dutch, i'm a Belgian, been in The Hague many times , also in S'Gravenhage, Heilo, etc. I live on 1.5 mile of the Dutch border. Physiks/metaphysiks, you cannot have a metaphysikal world without a physikal

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2010-10-16 Thread 118
My father was born and raised in Holland, attended Leiden University. Fought in the Dutch underground as a teenager. I do have ancestors from Surinam. I love the french fries met sauce in Belgium. I lived in a community called Marlot, which was near Wasenaar, not too far from Scheveningen

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Yes, tought is was fitting, Surinam of course, at first i was thinking towards Bonaire/aruban. I know Wassenaar and Scheveningen well, best beach of the entire world out there. The fries are national food in Belgium, and originate from here, the name french fries is a distortion, because Belgium

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2010-10-16 Thread 118
Hi Andrie, Yes, Dutch Underground. My father has many stories, and there are books on the subject. And yes, fought, he carried a gun. They went by code names, my father's was Lange Jan (because of his height at 6'6''). Many of his friends were killed at Allied supply drop-offs done by air.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:15 PM, ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.com wrote: ADRIE KINTZIGER aan moq_discuss details weergeven 10:22 (8 uren geleden) Thanks for sharing this one, Dan, so true,Dan: This discussion is centered around the MOQ. I write stories myself and

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Thx for the reply ,Dan, yes i was aware of the refused permission, strange case, caught my attention. I will study your answer tomorrow, probably in the evening , the huntingseason started out here. I have to go out, shoot some ducks. 2010/10/16 Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com Hello everyone

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread 118
Hi Dan, Dan (previously): I think Mr. Pirsig tells Anthony McWatt that LILA was originally conceived as a case study of what is known as Joshu's koan: A monk asks: Does a dog have Buddha nature, or not? Chao-chou replied: He does not. Yet according to Buddhist teachings, everything has Buddha

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Dan (previously): I think Mr. Pirsig tells Anthony McWatt that LILA was originally conceived as a case study of what is known as Joshu's koan: A monk asks: Does a dog have Buddha nature, or not?

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread John Carl
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote: Dan: I enjoy humor so don't get me wrong... but there's a difference between being humorous and being a clown. I enjoy our discussions very much. Yet there are times when we have to peel back the onion (so to speak) to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 5:35 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote: Dan: I enjoy humor so don't get me wrong... but there's a difference between being humorous and being a clown. I enjoy our

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-16 Thread John Carl
Hello Dan, I missed a whole bunch more to comment upon and reply to. Dan: This discussion is centered around the MOQ. I write stories myself and share them from time to time with the group but it is my hope that others may see the value there and how it pertains to the MOQ. I am not an

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: John, Dan, It seems there are differing aspects of Quality being discussed. The arguement focusing on which types of Quality are best. While

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread X Acto
Ron: concerning the ego climber, who is it that asserts the ego more? the one examing the self and defining it with their values or the one denying it exists? is not denial of self one of the most insidious acts of selfishness? Dan: Hi Ron I don't know for sure, but I would say that the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:41 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: John, Dan, It seems there are differing aspects of Quality being discussed.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:07 AM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: Ron: concerning the ego climber, who is it that asserts the ego more? the one examing the self and defining it with their values or the one denying it exists? is not denial of self one of the most

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread X Acto
Ron: this harmony of self extends to all experience this self pervades all for Quality is indeed reality -Ron really Dan: Perhaps. Still, what is a clean person? And why aren't all people clean? Do they not see the harmony? You say it pervades all. I don't understand. Ron: I tried to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread John Carl
Ron, What a treat. A discovery is a wonder indeed. How can you be so apropos? I shake my head in wonder, John On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:06 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: John: Ego can be tricky, Dan. I think I'll try step Two. I think I'll keep climbing this mountain. I may

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread John Carl
Hello Everyone, Dan: Quite possible. But if your style is being a clown, then we have very little to discuss. I tend to suffer fools poorly... that's my style. Understood. I've been certainly told many times in my life, we have very little to discuss and I've believed it every time. Takes

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread david buchanan
Dan said to Ron: I don't know for sure, but I would say that the selfless existence doesn't mean denying the self so much as it means realizing the self doesn't exist in light of the Buddha's teachings. dmb says: William James says that consciousness is not a thing or an entity but exists as

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Hi Dave, But this is fucking zen of you Dave. i'm aware of the lightcircle experiment, was done for the first time by John Hedgecoe , a famous English fotographer. Hm, the Holographic analogy, strange you mention it in a nerd-context , strange , because the pioneers work from one of your

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread 118
Hi Andrie, Spoken like a true preacher, yes even preachers can build lasers. Now, get out of your pulpit and contemplate. Yes, light can be described by waves or particles. The key word is described. One can use physics to describe reality in the same way the bible can describe God. There is

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-15 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:38 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, Dan: Quite possible. But if your style is being a clown, then we have very little to discuss. I tend to suffer fools poorly... that's my style. Understood.  I've been certainly told

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-14 Thread John Carl
Hello Dan, You're mostly right, so it's a shock when you can be so wrong. Dan comments: The shock that Phaedrus is talking about is that moment you discover that you don't know what you think you know. The student knows what quality is. Everyone knows what quality is. But when confronted

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-14 Thread X Acto
John: Ego can be tricky, Dan. I think I'll try step Two.  I think I'll keep climbing this mountain.  I may be doing it all wrong, with my clowning, but if you ask me, the only way you get to the top is by enjoying the process. Ron: One of my fav's

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-14 Thread X Acto
acts of selfishness? -Ron -Ron - Original Message From: John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 11:00:16 PM Subject: [MD] Step One     Assign the question to the students.  Have them write 500 words about what quality is in thought

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-14 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:55 PM, John Carl ridgecoy...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dan, You're mostly right, so it's a shock when you can be so wrong. Hi John Well, at least you're shocked. That's a start. Dan comments: The shock that Phaedrus is talking about is that moment

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-14 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM, X Acto xa...@rocketmail.com wrote: John, Dan, It seems there are differing aspects of Quality being discussed. The arguement focusing on which types of Quality are best. While re-examining the root, as Dan suggests, can elimenate alot of

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