[MD] All the way down

[MarshaV]

Hi John,

I think Wallace explains in the 2nd part that you will not be asked to stop 
your thoughts, but to become mindful of them, or be able to take a rest 
from them now and then.  Mindfulness is to be aware of what are thinking 
as a participator, not lost to thought where your thoughts are riding you.  
It's quite wonderful.  But not to worry, it is not so easy to make it a new habit.  
At least it hasn't been for me.  Even so, a few minutes here and there 
throughout the day is a treasure.  


Marsha







On Dec 17, 2010, at 3:19 PM, John Carl wrote:

> Good and interesting, Marsha.  I'm a big fan, as you know.  But I wonder...
> what if I like thinking thoughts?  What if I enjoy it?
> 
> He compared being trapped in our thoughts like an "east german prison camp"
> and I thought of that foreign movie that got the academy award some years
> back, Life is Beautiful.  A  Jewish man and his son are put in a
> concentration camp by Nazis and the man tells his son that the whole thing
> is an elaborate game and he has to play it well in order to win the prize (a
> real tank) and sure enough, it works in the end.  The boy plays the game so
> well, that  he wins a tank.  Even though the game is made up, and the world
> we inhabit is often destructive and evil, when the game is played with
> intention and sincerity, we win.
> 
> And Matt, I think I grasp now what you say troubles you about "all the way
> down".  So let me modify it.  "It" may not be language ALL the way down, but
> it's language as far down as I can see, and language as far down as I need
> to go.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:48 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Greetings<
>> 
>> B. Alan Wallace is a philosopher of science, and his humorously named
>> Wallace Syndrome talks of language 'all the way down.'  It's only ten
>> minutes and you might find it interesting.
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
>> 


 
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