Joe, I already use the professional damping pads under the legs of course...
Edgar On Nov 28, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > I hope the house and floor vibrations are small enough to go unnoticed. Such > a very good telescope deserves stability, solid ground. > > But bedrock transmits seismic vibrations, so some damping is the best. A > concrete pad in soil, if mounted permanently; or soil, if the telescope is > moved to a place temporarily. Loose sand is too shifting. > > In a building, you may notice image movement if anyone walks around while > viewing, or if you move or shift your feet, even if you are seated. As an > Experimentalist, I would urge you to do the experiment. Publish the results > (at least to me). Try, for example, 400x magnification on Jupiter. I hope it > works to your satisfaction. Very nice if it does! > > What you say below is not appropriate to post in a Zen echo, however, because > it is incorrect and can harm others. In our practice, in order to awaken, all > thought must be dropped, as must all ideas and information, either by an act > of will, or by the magic of the escalating effects of good- and > correct-practice when we are practicing well. > > With the best of luck, after practicing a long while like this, one *may* > awaken suddenly (you're right not to be too sure about things!). Your teacher > will tell you this, too, publicly in teisho and privately in dokusan. Your > compassionate Guide, Bill!, also teaches these facts and this correct > approach here. > > It's not Physics or Philosophy class anymore, Edgar!. Here, the only passing > grade is zero. > > But for you, so clearly the intellect is a machine-virus running on a fine > OS. Because the virus won't quit, there's not a single CPU cycle available > for the OS to do maintenance upon itself or upon the hardware. I pity people > who are unable to awaken because of such strong and pathological, illogical, > compulsions and ego-fixation, and I pity those who are in the vicinity of > these sad and unfortunate monsters. They suffer from an ancient and modern > disease. This is just the sort of sickness that our Zen practice is meant to > cure, but you must give the curriculum a chance and leave the kindergarten > blocks at home: they're just not appropriate in our School. > > With continuing best wishes, always, > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Proper realization of the true nature of things depends on clear and well > > informed thought! > >
