[MD] Ah-ha Qua Ah-ha

[MarshaV]

Look at that I did it again.  It's a sign.  I'm going to meditate on mediation.  - Marsha 
 
 




On Nov 26, 2010, at 2:02 PM, MarshaV wrote:

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> Matt,  
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> I would never ask you to defend reading.  Reading is my addiction too, 
> and a healthy addiction it is.  I have a MLS because of the passion in 
> my heart for books, reading, information.  So no, you never-ever need 
> to defend reading to me.  
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> Ahh, but from my experience, meditation is an ancient and well tested 
> path to Quality(unpatterned experience/patterned experience.)  
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> Peace,
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> Marsha  
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> On Nov 26, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Matt Kundert wrote:
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>> Hi Marsha,
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>> 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
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>>> 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
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