Merle, You don't need either binoculars or a magnifying glass, nor certainly a set of books offering an explanation of the universe. All you need to do is open your eyes, quiesse your thoughts and just see, hear, touch, smell and taste.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Merle, > > Nope, not binoculars. You're not viewing from a distance. > > No, I suggest(ed) a wide-field magnifier. > > You said a microscope, earlier. I said that has too narrow a view. > > Just try a wide-field reading lens. Like Sherlock Holmes used, but maybe > rectangular in shape these days, with a handle. I use them (in some > field-studies of soil, minerals, gems, coins, etc.). > > Save the binoculars for the stars, and for that comet in the West near the > end of evening twilight, "PAN-Starrs" (it looks great from here). > > Bill!'s humor was really quite good, and he made a serious point at the same > time. You were not a victim, but a helping-agent. I salute both Bill! and > you!, together making the point that ascribing "Rationalist" is really > name-calling, in our field. Should be on the FCC's list of "seven dirty > words", ...as word number Eight. > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > joe...experience, experience... i hear the mantra...i replace my magnifying > >glass now with binoculars..thank you for your advice..merle > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
