[MD] The reification issue completely misunderstood

[MarshaV]

On Jun 7, 2011, at 3:04 PM, david buchanan wrote:

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>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 12:49 PM, david buchanan wrote: As James and Pirsig both say, there must always be a discrepancy between concepts and reality because concepts are static and reality is dynamic. 
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> Marsha replied: In the MoQ Textbook, it states a correspondence between static quality and maya (illusion), "but only in the sense that it is illusory to believe that people and the objects of their world are permanent, independent and unchanging." 
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> dmb says:
> You're barking up the wrong tree. Who are you talking to? Who believes that people and the objects of their world are permanent, independent and unchanging? Did I ever say anything remotely like that? How is such a belief relevant to the discrepancy between concepts and reality? 



Marsha:
The textbook states through the illustration of maya that to think that static quality is unchanging is illusion.   That's you.   


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