[MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet

[MarshaV]

David,

You must be right.

Marsha




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David M" <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] The Intellectual Gauntlet


> Hi Marsha
>
> Yes, in the context of us as MOQ critics of western culture who
> often ask what we can learn from the east, I was asking
> what the east can learn from the west for a change? Is that
> a bad thing? You might think the answer is no, maybe you should
> try answering the question rather than just chucking abuse and odd
> suspicions at the questioner, it's a shame don't you think? Of course,
> the second comment you quote is in the context of the problematic
> comprehension of the west known as MOQ, I kind of take that as a
> given round here, but happy to confirm that this criticism works, at the
> least, both ways. My point is to find where east and west might meet,
> but that that may require both to move.
>
> DM
>
>>
>>> Hi Marsha
>>>
>>>
>>> A statement like "the eastern mystic may be happy to sit
>>>> meditating whilst the world
>>>> goes to hell." shows a depth of ignorance of an important half of the 
>>>> MOQ's East/West synthesis.
>>>>
>>>> Nagarjuna obliterates subject/object dualism in a manner that shouldn't 
>>>> be missed.  This leaves the air clean and fresh for a new world-view 
>>>> experience.  Many of the problems this list is having "defining things" 
>>>> would melt away.  The subject/object pov stays intact but can be seen 
>>>> as a workable method in a conventional world not reality itself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think the word 'may' in my proposition may have passed you by.
>>>
>>> DM
>>>
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> And I'm sure the next sentence, "Here is perhaps where the west can ask 
>> if the east needs to think again in more comprehensive way." was just as 
>> innocent.
>>
>> Marsha
>>
>>
>>
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