Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Hi David Mark, On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:46 PM, David Harding davidjhard...@gmail.com wrote: David: So we just need to have a goal of DQ and not sq? So if I just have a goal of DQ, then I need not worry about the patterns I am creating? Mark: Not a goal of DQ, a goal of understanding. Why

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Again hello David Mark, On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:46 PM, David Harding davidjhard...@gmail.com wrote: David: So we just need to have a goal of DQ and not sq? So if I just have a goal of DQ, then I need not worry about the patterns I am creating? Mark: Not a goal of DQ, a goal of

Re: [MD] Requesting contact to Pirsig

2012-03-22 Thread Ian Glendinning
The normal process Tuukka, for those without direct contact is that you write your letter of introduction / request for contact (explaining why) and this is forwarded to him by one of us who has his contact (Horse, Dave, Ant, me and a few others I know). That way he can decide if he wants to

[MD] FW: The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread david buchanan
From: dmbucha...@hotmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: RE: [MD] The value of static patterns. Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:16:12 -0600 Tuukka said to dmb: ... But I think it's better to recruit new members, somehow, than to complain to the current ones. dmb says: There's no

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
LOL indeed! Have you read Pirsig's letter to the LS group? Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Tuukka Virtaperko m...@tuukkavirtaperko.net wrote: 21.3.2012 23:46, david buchanan kirjoitti: Tukka said to Joe, Marsha, DMB: Marsha may be incoherent or weird,

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi David, Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:37 PM, David Harding davidjhard...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mark, What is this 20 questions? I have no problem answering, but do you have any opinions of your own. Not really at the moment no.. I have written a bit in

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, One must be careful how one uses the term infinite. It could suggest that causes do not exist. Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 22, 2012, at 12:58 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hi David Mark, On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:46 PM, David Harding

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, What Pisig's is suggesting, IMO, is the presence of free will, which I equate with DQ. He also throws in a bit of Zen. Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:44 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Again hello David Mark, On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:46 PM,

Re: [MD] FW: The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi dmb, Thank you for your support below. Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 22, 2012, at 6:18 AM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: From: dmbucha...@hotmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: RE: [MD] The value of static patterns. Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: LOL indeed!  Have you read Pirsig's letter to the LS group? Hi Mark Unless you mean he has written a new letter that I am unaware of, I think you mean the letter to the OLD Lila Squad group... the one that had

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Mark, It's a quote from Nisargadatta, I would have used the word 'innumerable'. Marsha On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:30 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marsha, One must be careful how one uses the term infinite. It could suggest that causes do not exist. Sent laboriously from

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, Innumerable is pretty much the same thing, to me, so it also depends on how it is used. Do you mean cannot be counted? If it cannot be counted it cannot be defined, and we arrive at DQ which lies outside cause and effect. If it can be counted, then a better word would be finite.

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Dan, Thank you for the appraisal of the letter. I would assume it applies to LS in general and not to the specific contributors therein. At least that is how the letter is written as far as I can tell. He speaks of MoQ considerations outside of the norm. I suppose we could call these insane

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:45 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Thank you for the appraisal of the letter.  I would assume it applies to LS in general and not to the specific contributors therein. Hi Mark Thank you for confirming my suspicions. Dan

Re: [MD] FW: The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Joseph Maurer
Hi DMB, To start a post with the statement below and then continue the criticism leaves you open to the observation that possibly you are viewing things from a weird perspective. Joe On 3/22/12 6:18 AM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: There's no way to know for sure

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Andre
Mark to Dan: Some who read my posts do not understand what I am presenting (dmb forexample). The posts are not written for those who can only go by the written word of the books or the academic authority within philosophy.For such posts rely on an intuitive understanding of Quality, to be

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Mark, I mean very numerable. Marsha On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:37 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marsha, Innumerable is pretty much the same thing, to me, so it also depends on how it is used. Do you mean cannot be counted? If it cannot be counted it cannot be defined, and we arrive

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Probably better stated as very numerous. On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:59 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Mark, I mean very numerable. Marsha On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:37 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marsha, Innumerable is pretty much the same thing, to me, so it also

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Marsha, OK, I get it, so you mean finite. This is of course different from the infinite of the quote, but who knows if the translation is accurate. If the intent is to provide rhetoric meaning a lot, then we can say that there are conditional codependent arising starting from some begining. The

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Andre, Thank you for your support as well. You have a Good heart! Cheers, Mark On 3/22/12, Andre andrebroer...@gmail.com wrote: Mark to Dan: Some who read my posts do not understand what I am presenting (dmb forexample). The posts are not written for those who can only go by the written

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Dan, You’re welcome. Let me know if I can confirm any other suspicions. There seems to be a paranoid sense in the MoQ these days, which hopefully I can un-confirm for you. My hope is that you will be kind to others that contribute to this forum as you have been to me. Remember, we strive for

Re: [MD] Requesting contact to Pirsig

2012-03-22 Thread Tuukka Virtaperko
Ian, thanks a lot! -Tuukka 22.3.2012 10:53, Ian Glendinning kirjoitti: The normal process Tuukka, for those without direct contact is that you write your letter of introduction / request for contact (explaining why) and this is forwarded to him by one of us who has his contact (Horse, Dave,

Re: [MD] FW: The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Tuukka Virtaperko
DMB, Tuukka said to dmb: ... But I think it's better to recruit new members, somehow, than to complain to the current ones. dmb says: There's no way to know for sure but I strongly suspect that a number of Pirsig fans have become excited about joining this forum but investigated the level

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Tuukka Virtaperko
Mark, No. Where is it? I'll see if I can find it without much hassle... -Tuukka 22.3.2012 19:23, 118 kirjoitti: LOL indeed! Have you read Pirsig's letter to the LS group? Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Tuukka Virtaperkom...@tuukkavirtaperko.net wrote:

[MD] Free-will

2012-03-22 Thread Carl Thames
Interesting link to discussions. 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

[MD] Free will.

2012-03-22 Thread Carl Thames
Okay, one more time, only this time I'll actually include the link: http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Free-Will-an-Illusion-/131159/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives:

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:52 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, You’re welcome.  Let me know if I can confirm any other suspicions. There seems to be a paranoid sense in the MoQ these days, which hopefully I can un-confirm for you.  My hope is that you will be kind

Re: [MD] Free-will

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Yup interesting but not too dynamic. The past does not the present describe. Was there a free will one in particular that caught your interest? Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Carl Thames ctha...@centurytel.net wrote: Interesting link to discussions. Mark?

Re: [MD] Free will.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Oh, disregard my last communication... Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:46 PM, Carl Thames ctha...@centurytel.net wrote: Okay, one more time, only this time I'll actually include the link: http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Free-Will-an-Illusion-/131159/ Moq_Discuss

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Gee I can't remember it has been a while. Somewhere in the MoQ.org. What I got from it was that RMP believes one should push the boundaries of our conception of Quality. You are doing this. Others still seem to be stuck in the static past. Maybe they will clean their glasses and try to be

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Hi Mark, Changing oneself does seem a little paradoxical from one that does not accept the conventional notion of a self. Who'd be changing, and changing what? To me that change, while not so easy, is not so complicated. To me, that change is to know deeply the way things are. Not

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Dan, I am sorry that you consider it drivel. I suppose it is not your cup of tea, but that is OK, don't worry about it. The paranoia is simply that you do not see MoQ going your way. This is called stuckness. Perhaps your time has come and gone, but I think you can still contribute some

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, Yes, I try to come to peace with what is. Often acceptance is the best way. With acceptance comes great freedom. But then I want to keep moving and so I dismiss acceptance and enter turmoil for a while. It is a cycle of pain, growth, peace, pain, growth, ... There is so much to

Re: [MD] The value of static patterns.

2012-03-22 Thread MarshaV
Hi Mark, Yes, you've got it. It is cyclical for me. No sudden enlightenment. I seem sometimes not to get it even when I have gotten it. Human, all too human... Marsha On Mar 23, 2012, at 1:07 AM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marsha, Yes, I try to come to peace with what