[MD] sustaining?

[MarshaV]

At 11:11 AM 9/18/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha, you asked,
>
>Can you think too much ? Absolutely.
>But that is not an instruction to kill thinking "completely" is it ?
>
>Dare I mention .... middle-way ;-)

Middle way?  You are absolutely correct!  Thanks for the reminder!


>One thing you are not Marsha, is an idiot.
>Ian

Well, a fool for certain!!!

Marsha





>On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:03 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> > At 10:41 AM 9/18/2008, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Marsha,
> >> I almost respnded too , but was going to pick-up on the "kill"
> >> statements rather than the "follow" question ...
> >>
> >> Both are problematic taken in isolation (as mel says).
> >>
> >> My point was that the kill (completely kill) is about the (static)
> >> patterns not about the intellect.
> >
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > I completely agree.  But can you think too much?
> >
> >
> >> And the "completely" is only in the context of the instruction to
> >> follow dynamic quality ... like Pirsig is not denying the (positive)
> >> static latching value of static patterns only their (negative)
> >> constraining value.
> >
> > I think following dynamic quality requires some intelligent consideration,
> > of course!   But not too much.  It's as I wrote to Ham "Why not leave it a
> > mystery???  Why not let it unfold before you in all its many 
> aspects?"  Wow!
> >  Now I'm quoting myself!!!  I am surely an idiot!
> >
> > Marsha
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> IMHO natch.
> >> Ian
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:33 AM, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > mel,
> >> >
> >> > Please explain what it means to you.  I've posted this particular
> >> > passage
> >> > mucho times, and I would like to know what you think about it.  At the
> >> > moment, sustaining seems depressing.   What do you think?
> >> >
> >> > Marsha
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > At 09:45 AM 9/18/2008, you wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The passage could also be made
> >> >> more approachable by punctuation changes.
> >> >>
> >> >> The style of a writer can introduce unintended
> >> >> implications to readers used to a different style.
> >> >>
> >> >> ...of course excerpting can alter the flow of an
> >> >> expression of meaning and Pirsig is dense with it.
> >> >>
> >> >> Hence, the need to re-read.
> >> >>
> >> >> thanks--mel
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "MarshaV" <marshalz at charter.net>
> >> >> To: "MD Forum" <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:46 AM
> >> >> Subject: [MD] sustaining?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > While sustaining biological and social patterns
> >> >> > Kill all intellectual patterns.
> >> >> > Kill them completely
> >> >> > And then follow Dynamic Quality
> >> >> > And morality will be served.
> >> >> >        (LILA, Chapter 32)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sustaining is a tricky word?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > .
> >> >> > .
> >> >> >
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