[MD] Rorty and Mysticism

[Matt Kundert]

Heh, it's funny, but I actually just finished a post that eerily replies to 
you here, both about substance and form, but is too big to go 
instantly through.  I guess that's what happens when you get to know 
somebody.

As always, good luck Marsha.

Matt

> Marsha:
> How can you suggest that important implications have been added,
> and then confess you are unsure as to sufficient or systematic 
> understanding of what all of those implications are when the 
> addition of the word 'implications' was yours?  
> 

> 
> Marsha:
> The implicated meaning of the reflexive reaction is unclear to me.
> Please elaborate.  
> 

> Marsha:
> I'm more comfortable giving thumps on the head then receiving them,
> but since I didn't specifically address you there might be some 
> confusion whether I was, in fact, making a general statement or 
> addressing you personally as a man.  
> 
> Is there a difference between theoretical philosophy and practical 
> philosophy, like the difference between theoretical physics and 
> practical physics?  Maybe as I am using them, there is, in theory, 
> no practical difference.  Maybe there is no difference between 
> daydreaming of writing a book and actually writing a book.  Do 
> you enjoy reading of a sunset more than experiencing a sunset? 
> If you answer yes, I can well imagine you might enjoy daydreaming 
> of writing a book more than writing a book.  Dormant and obscure 
> may be a condition of almost anything if you didn't consider time 
> something real.  Do you?  And do forget my mentioning "adding 
> appreciation to the living experience" as a practical matter.
> You wouldn't understand...  

> Marsha:
> Agreement!  -  Hurray!  It surely doesn't take much to make me happy.   
> 

> Marsha:
> I know you don't.  That would require the first-hand experience that 
> you are rejecting, or kind of rejecting.   
> 

> Marsha:
> Not in my case, I've experienced them both.  
> 

> Marsha:
> Would that be first-hand understanding or an understanding 
> published by someone else?  
> 

> Marsha:
> Oh, James said.   
> 

> Marsha:
> Does it count?  What did Lila say?  Oh yes, if it is reality for you than 
> it is going to count for you.  Far be it from me to tell you differently.  
> 

> Marsha:
> All are conceptually constructed, ever-changing, interdependent, 
> impermanent static patterns of value.
> 
> ---
> 
> My summary, you like the many ways you can ask the question: what is DQ?  
> I like defining my first-hand experience as a realization moving me closer 
> to Quality.  Let's hope your questions and my first-hand experiences 
> continue to evolve.