[MD] Ah-ha Qua Ah-ha

[MarshaV]

On Nov 27, 2010, at 1:25 PM, 118 wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:57 AM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Marsha said:
>> The English language evolved in relationship with a understanding that
>> reality was comprised of self and external objects, so the moment I use this
>> language, it places any explanation of a experience-based reality into some
>> degree of contradiction.  If you know a method to bypass this problem,
>> please present it.
>> 
>> dmb said:
>> I know a way to get around it. It's called the MOQ. Ever heard about Robert
>> Pirsig's work? It's just what you're looking for.
>> 
>> [Mark says]
> Or, you could try a Zen koan instead of a long drawn out explanation:
> 
> -------Shuzan held out his short staff and said, "If you call this a short
> staff, you oppose its reality. If you do not call it a short staff, you
> ignore the fact. Now what do you wish to call this?" ------
> 
> Making it complicated with all sorts of philosophical connections does not
> make it more real.



How about this:
 
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)
  

 
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