[MD] Ham on Esthesia

[Case]

SA,
 
You know I would love to sit out on the porch and chat about the night sky.
But I got stuff to do. Got to a have a report on the boss's desk before 8
a.m., ready to fax because any later and I will have to drive it to Miami
that will mean gassing up at $3+ per gallon and I'm due for an oil change
but if I am on the road at the right place at the right time a sunbeam
bouncing off the windshield of my car could arrive at the surface of Jupiter
in less than a hour and if that photon hits the right methane molecule, just
so, it might find a carbon atom and life could begin; like tomorrow, on
Jupiter, if I am late to work, that is. A lot depends on me, like taking out
the trash and yard work on the weekend and oh yeah that oil change. Say
isn't it just about football season? Better get extra chips at the
supermarket.

You say you got time to listen to bugs and gaze at the stars. 

Get a life, man. 
Get a life.

Case,


> [Platt]
>...Besides, the mystics tell us "Thought is not a 
> path to reality."

> [Case]
> ...Mystics... ok so do they just say this or is it a
> thought they have?

[SA]
     I tried to say this in an earlier, recent post,
but here's the simple answer Case.
     What do you see when you look at Jupiter?  The
thought of Jupiter or the non-thought of Jupiter?  I
notice the non-thought of Jupiter, in other words, I
notice - Jupiter.  Can I think of Jupiter?  Sure, and
I can define, put into words, and thus have this and
that thought about Jupiter.
     Yet, most of the time, for me, when I look in the
sky (if I could find Jupiter easily it would be the
same) I just look at the moon, planets, and stars,
etc...  I stare, I contemplate them, not with words,
with a focus, an intent focus on relaxing and enjoying
this union I have with them - the non-thought union
with them.
     Hopefully, I simplified and went to the point
quicker this time.

SA

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