[MD] Intuition?

[MarshaV]

Hi Mark,

On Jul 4, 2011, at 2:30 AM, 118 wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:49 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 3, 2011, at 11:25 AM, 118 wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> 
>>> As you know, Buddha did not write anything.  Neither did Socrates or
>>> Jesus.  So, all we have are interpretations by others of what he is
>>> claimed to have said.  This is important since it was claimed to be
>>> recognized by Buddha that words only delimit.
>>> 
>>> I am not quite sure what you mean by intuition.  Is it instinct?
>>> Perhaps intuition is shared awareness.  I have sensed that something
>>> was happening to someone I cared about.
>> 
>> Marsha:
>> No this is not what I meant.  Mindfulness is what I meant.  Where the good
>> is unfolding, naturally.  That is what I mean.
> 
> [Mark]
> OK, gotcha.  I also call this living entirely in the present, or living in DQ.


Marsha:
I am reluctant to say that is 'living in DQ'; mindfulness, or awareness seems 
a good description.  I've had what I would call unpatterned experiences, and 
I wouldn't even call them DQ experiences.  


>>> I listen to the birds every morning when I wake up.  This is a form of
>>> shared awareness for by listening I create.
>> 
>> When Siegfried was able to understand the birdsong, he was in
>> tune with intuition.  "The woodbird now sings of a woman sleeping
>> on a rock surrounded by magic fire. Siegfried, wondering if he can
>> learn fear from this woman, heads toward the mountain."  Don't you
>> just love it!!!
> 
> You might like the Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.  It is
> an intense but rewarding read.  After reading that, I read all his
> other books.
> 
> Here is a link to a review:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/02/reviews/971102.02jamest.html

Marsha:
I'll give the book a try.  Speaking of music, the other day I was listening to 
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and I couldn't help think of entering into the 
music as a river.  


Marsha 

> 
> Mark
> 
> Cheers,
>>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
>> 


 
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