[MD] Individual

[MarshaV]

Let's see if changing the subject line makes a difference...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MarshaV" <marshalz at charter.net>
To: "MOQ" <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:13 AM
Subject: [MD] self


>
> RMP:
>
> "This fictitious 'man' has many synonyms; 'mankind,' 'people,' 'the 
> public,' and even such pronouns as 'I,' 'he,' and 'they.' Our language is 
> so organized around them and they are so convenient to use it is 
> impossible to get rid of them. There is really no need to. Like 
> 'substance' they can be used as long as it is remembered that they're 
> terms for collections of patterns and not some independent primary reality 
> of their own."
>
> (LILA, Chapter 12)
>

I find it strange that so few are interested in exploring the Eastern 
perspective of the MOQ.  The perspective where self & individual are 
fictitious.  Those who do seem not to suffer from Intellectual versus Social 
stuckness.


Marsha