[MD] MoQ as religion [Belief Defininition]

[Heather Perella]

Hello David Harding,

     You said:  "There is no middle way.  Any
perceived 'middle way' is
after the fact."  

     I would say the middle way between 'knowing
nothing' and 'knowing everything' would be - you.

     You said:  "DQ is here, it exists, it's no thing.
 At the same time, it isn't here, it doesn't exist and
it's something. But if you really want to say
something then I think my first sentence is as close
as I can get in the finger pointing sense."

     ok

     You said:  "I do, you're talking about a thing. 
DQ is not a thing.
When you call something a 'something' you run the risk
of people thinking your talking about some thing. 
Things are separate from reality, DQ is not separate
from reality."

     What thing am I talking about?  I could keep
denying that I am talking about any thing you might
answer this question with.  I am being very vague when
I talk about this thing that I am talking about.

     You said:  "The best way to understand what DQ is
to meditate and see what it is for ourselves."

     I totally agree.  I believe DQ is beyond this SOM
of no thing/thing discussion we are having.

     You said and quoted:  "A good guide to maintain
the right attitude while doing it can be found from
books by Steve Hagen; Buddhism - Plain and Simple, and
Buddhism - It's not what you think.  The former
getting the following review by Pirsig.  "This is the
clearest and most precise exposition of Buddhism I
have ever read. If you're looking for
enlightenment rather than just scholarly knowledge,
you'd better read this." 

     The semi-colon might be throwing me off, or maybe
not.  "The former... and "getting the following review
by Pirsig." that's Steve Hagen's book 'Buddhism-Plain
and Simple' - right?


Thanks,
SA

P.S.  I haven't read the download, yet.  I took some
days away from the MOQ.org and wow! all the talk
that's been going on.  It took me some time to catch
up on some the discussions that I've been involved
with.  I think I'm going to be shrinking the amount of
discussions I get involved in due to the warmer
weather and trout season that has started.  I am
thinking a lot about the creeks, trees, the fish,
enjoying everything that comes with being in the woods
- time to go back out, as I have been these past few
days and experience life.  Time to put knowledge and
action together - and go fishin'.


     

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