[MD] Do you own...

[ian glendinning]

Hi Marsha,

Unfortunately if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are more likely
to crash back to earth, drift into a dead planet or spiral into the
infernal sun ... but hey ... it was a poetic thought ;-)

Seriously though, the concept is more commonly "being one's own person".

Apart from the egotistical risk, (which you avoid by referring to the
non-self) I think this is right. I think it expresses the dynamic
freedom from cultural (social / intellectual) static patterns.

Ian

On 12/31/07, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I was listening to a very interesting interview of Marc Pachter,
> Director of the National Gallery.  He was asked to list people, whose
> portraits hung in the museum,  that he would like to have dinner
> with.  He mentioned a few people, a few types, and then he said, "you
> know, people who own themselves."  I thought that was an
> extraordinary comment.  So my questions is:
>
> Do you own yourself, or non-self (however you experience it)?
>
> I would answer, that since I moved to this lake-cottage, a place to
> paint, away from a social community, I feel I have taken ownership of
> my non-self.  Is this a MOQ perspective?  Zen?  I don't know.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
>
> I wish all of you a beautiful new year.
>
> Marsha
>
>
>
> Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars...
>
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