[MD] moral judgements

[Heather Perella]

Platt,

    One more point to add, aside from being sick at
the moment, I've been thinking about what I said
concerning communication as a moral position of mine. 
You asked or said that I therefore find communication
between the levels as my moral judging by evaluating
my former response.  I agreed, but I'm discussing upon
the grounds of static quality.  Yet, you've got me
thinking.  I talk of this quietness often, and have
made numerous decisions by reflecting upon quietness. 
Therefore, I'm inclined to think that this quietness I
discuss is actually the seat of my moral position.  I
am weighing the levels according to this quietness. 
Is this quietness disturbed or not?  This, as for now,
seems to be closer to my moral position, and provides
enough definition to what the woods experience is, as
compared to work, which I tried to bring up as a
contrast that stifles the flow of action and quietness
of experience.
     Yet, again, my goal in meditation is always
reaching this quietness, so, this must be my moral
position.  I guess I never thought of this quietness
as holding my moral position.  I say quietness, not
silence, due to what quietness embodies.  It embodies
freedom due to allowing so much happen amidst itself. 
In the quietness of the woods, a far off twig can be
heard, and that's only a chipmunk on the next hill
across the hollow.  Even thunder occurs due to the
quietness allowing such an event to be
heard/communicated.  It is this quietness that allows
communication to occur on all the levels, yet, how
much quietness is present dictates how much clarity is
involved in any given communication/event/static
pattern.
     Sorry for the apparent:  'not able to give you a
straight answer right off the bat', but you had me
thinking, reflecting, and since this quietness is what
allows events to be noticed and my effort in
meditation is quietness, then I'm inclined to choose
quietness as my moral position where moral clarity
will be balanced-out, on its' own by the way.  The
only effort on my part is to want to experience the
quietness.  This quietness is always here for the
livin'.  When I experience quietness in the woods, the
quietness is of particular high quality taste. 
Quietness is the same everywhere I experience it, but
the experience of this quietness is tempered by a
number of events, and the woods provide quietness
where even the loudness of a thunderstorm is
considered white noise.
     Quietness is readily experienced.  To practice
experiencing quietness is the same as practicing to
walk.  We may all walk, if no injury prevents the
occasion, but how many can walk far, up hills, over
mountains, and even pick up the skills that may be
necessary to walk for days in the wilderness.  It is
the same idea as marital arts or Zen tea ceremony.  We
all may drink tea, but to be involved in a Zen tea
ceremony incorporates an experience of awe and
excellence (and this is only from perceiving one from
the outside looking in from movies and books from
those that have experienced ceremony in person).  Or,
painting, where is the best place to paint, Platt?
     What these all involve is ceremony, a static
pattern, a ritual, or in other words, practice. 
Practicing quietness helps habituate and focus the
experience that involves it (quietness).  This
practicing also has another word, as you pointed out,
called trance.  Practicing quietness puts quietness
into a focus that in experience is as a trance. 
Without this quietness, my awareness would be impeded.
 Thus, with quietness lived communication lines are
more easily opened and noticed.  As the experience
with quietness is lost, then the communication between
any level is further lost in the clutter.

Thanks,
SA

 


 
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