[MD] chasing ghosts

[Marsha]

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Subject: Re: [MD] chasing ghosts


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>
>> > SA previously:  What are ghosts to you?
>
> Marsha:
>> Something conceived in the mind; a concept, plan,
>> design, idea, or thought.
>
>
> SA:  ok.
>        I see them in our practices.  They are flesh
> and blood, too.
>

Flesh and blood are ghosts.  But a ghost still holds some power.


>> > SA previously:  You bring up "Certainly not in the
>> > Prasangika-Madhyamaka tradition."  Why not?
>
> Marsha:
>> "With one voice all the Mahayana masters proclaim
>> that analysis of objects,
>> and not mere withdrawal of the mind from them, is
>> the path to liberation.
>> One must analyze well whether the inherent existence
>> of phenomena, as it is
>> conceived by the innate non-analytical intellect,
>> exists or not.  Through
>> reasoning and scriptural citation one must ascertain
>> that objects do not
>> exist as conceived and penetratingly understand the
>> falseness of inherent
>> existence.  It is very important to analyze again
>> and again with
>> discriminating wisdom."  (Hopkins, Jeffrey,
>> Meditation on
>> Emptiness,Introduction)
>
>
> SA:  And this is your inkblot.

Liked my word, did you?  I thought it very appropriate.  Life is an 
interesting Rorschach Test.



>
> Marsha:
>> In choosing you choose.
>> There's a small, fearless, red fox that has been
>> visiting Bebe and I.    It
>> makes me smile, and Bebe bark.
>
>
> SA:  Has that been what all the barking was about?

Maybe.  Yes, it just might be what has caused all the mysterious barking. 
(You've got a good memory.)  It's adorable.  I do love wild things.


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>
> spirit,
> ghost,
> the understanding of 'legend' helps hint to these too,
> without the glory part that chats about pride that may
> be inflated,
> yet, the holding on of these patterns are not only
> heritage,
> not only culture, not only geographic, but the knives
> carving wood in art, yes, something to do with karma
> and incarnations, idea, yes, they can live on,
> motivations and energies intending where and how we
> will live, choice, yes, choice is here, yours and
> everybody else's its' a collage, many voices to choice
> from, merge, and be original,
> SA

I hope Ron is doing okay.

Marsha