[MD] emptiness

[MarshaV]

Hi Mark,

I see patterns, of which words and definitions are an aspect, to all be analogy for conventional-habitual experience.  


Marsha


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On Dec 21, 2011, at 11:40 PM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> OK I see how you are using analogy.  I would use the word symbolism.  There, there was no complaint there, I must be improving my attitude.  Thanks for pointing it out.
> 
> Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
> Mark
> 
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 11:05 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> On Dec 21, 2011, at 1:19 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> I am not griping, I am just talking.  Settle down, I am not out to get
>>> you.  My only point was that non-duality is a word which we give the
>>> idea that there is no "other".
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>> And I don't think you're out to get me, you just tend towards complaint.  
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>>> An analogy is when we represent something with a similar thing.
>>> Something that is hard to describe is presented as something that is
>>> similar. 
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>> I used 'nonduality' as similar to a type of experience.  But explanation, too, with its use of signs and symbols (words) is the use of analogies all the way down.
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