[MD] Ah-ha Qua Ah-ha

[Matt Kundert]

Hi Marsha,

Marsha said:
I do not feel the need to defend mediation.  In my experience it has 
much insightful knowledge to offer, but obviously it will not appeal 
to everyone.

Marsha added:
Well, I hope you know I meant meditation, not mediation.

Matt:
That's at least the second time you used "mediation" where I've 
expected "meditation," and I always took it to be a typo, but it's an 
interesting mistake because I do think, on the philosophical scale, 
one needs to defend the use of mediation as a metaphor in 
describing the function of language.  Or at least, explain why one 
should use it to those who don't want to.  (Though, on a personal 
scale, we don't really need to defend anything.)

Perhaps that's where we get crossed: I make you feel like you need 
to defend meditation (which I don't intend, and don't think anyone 
needs to defend) and you make me feel like I need to defend reading 
(which you don't intend, and don't think anyone needs to defend).

Matt

> From: valkyr at att.net
> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:57:12 -0500
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Ah-ha Qua Ah-ha
> 
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
> I love it when you participate, and believe your literary point-
> of-view has valuable insight.  Imho, your prose have gotten 
> more beautiful, but some of your words and phrases are still not 
> worth the effort.  I like my intellectuals to provide plains-spoken 
> explanations, and many do.  While I may get frustrated, I don't 
> get angry.  These are words, ideas, patterns; they may be 
> important one minute and vanish the next.  Also, I have a good 
> internal eraser.  
> 
> I do not feel the need to defend mediation.  In my experience 
> it has much insightful knowledge to offer, but obviously it will 
> not appeal to everyone.  My enthusiasm is no more than an 
> expression of the positive effect its had on my life experiences.   
> I also like to read, no, love to read.  And I, too, have learned new 
> and interesting perspectives from books.  The Lear book, for 
> instance, offered a perspective I might have never considered except 
> through reading.  The ideas were very interesting.  I will soon start  
> 'The Surrounded'.  Thanks for the great recommendations.   
> 
> 
> Marsha