[MD] freewill

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Marsha]
It is my goal, but I am well aware of the problems.

[Arlo]
There are always barriers to communication. Sadly, you don't move 
towards clarity, you run in the other direction.

[Marsha]
The MoQ as an intellectual pattern of value, is an analogy no matter 
how it conceptualized.

[Arlo]
Right. Saying it "speaks" or it "runs" or it "drinks coffee" are 
poetic rhetoric.

[Marsha]
An equal problem holds for people who confuse "precision" with "wisdom."

[Arlo]
I can't think of any wise people with muddy thinking. In fact, I 
think the Zen Masters are among the most precise and clear out there. 
While they understand that "all this is just an analogy", they choose 
their analogies artfully and their words are always exact and precise.

When I listen to the Dalai Lama speak, I think "now there is a clear 
mind", not "wow, he is misusing words, unable to clarify his 
thoughts, and shows an overall confusion and incoherence, he must be 
brilliant!"