[MD] Ham & swiss cheese

[David M]

Hi

I think that we had richer conversations about values
when we had to answer to god, we need to keep
our conversations rich, whether we retain 'god'
or not.

DM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Glover" <daneglover at hotmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Ham & swiss cheese


> Hello everyone
>
>>From: Heather Perella <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>>To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>>Subject: Re: [MD] Ham & swiss cheese
>>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:25:05 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>Dan,
>>
>>      Yeah, I am with you and then I walk over here by
>>the white pine tree and you stay over by the oak tree.
>>  I guess I was wondering about your ridding all views,
>>but you stated a view about evolution.  Yet, as you
>>and I look back we do want to get to those moments
>>walking and sitting in the woods where everything just
>>is the way it is.  Words are seen as identifiers, the
>>meaning of those words as valuable, and what is
>>valuable that those words mean to say.  Well, we would
>>say go sit by a tree that might be just a bunch of
>>words right now, but then you actually go and do just
>>that...  Now where doing something!
>
> Hi SA
>
> Thank you for your reply. I think to rid oneself of all viewpoints simply
> means to come to the realization that despite all of us being on different
> paths, we're all heading the same way. In the face of certain death, I 
> fail
> to see what it matters if I believe this while you believe that. One 
> person
> might believe in an afterlife while another doesn't. Is either of them
> right? And is there a God? I just don't know...I'm neither a believer or a
> disbeliever. It simply doesn't matter much one way or the other when you
> come right down to it.
>
> So far as evolution goes, as living beings, if we're in a bad spot, we 
> quite
> naturally tend to seek out a better place. In other words, we evolve.
> Conversely, if we're in a good spot, we quite naturally tend to seek
> equilibrium, to stay in that place. And we stagnate. I think the MOQ says
> that evolution is Dynamic, while stagnation is static. We need both, yet 
> too
> much of either isn't good. Balance is key.
>
> Thanks again for your reply,
>
> Dan
>
> "Action is thy duty, reward not thy concern." (Bhagavad Gita)
>
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