[MD] The Hero's journey

[MarshaV]

Hi Joe,

When my grandson was still very young, I remember teaching him to see things.  He was so beautiful I loved showing and naming everything with him.  We would go out into the yard and investigate everything.  It was a thrill experiencing his mind's development.  Now he's seven and he has quite a sophisticated vocabulary, but it hasn't outgrown his curiosity.  He recently spent a day at my place and when we went for a walk, he stop to investigate all that moved and didn't move.  The questions were never ending and wonderful.  


Marsha




On Nov 18, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Joseph Maurer wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> I don't expect there is an age beyond dialogue.  Dogma is beyond dialogue.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On 11/18/11 11:16 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Joe,
>> 
>> I don't know how old.   How old do you think?
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 18, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Joseph Maurer wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> 
>>> How old do I have to be to be unable to be teachable?  I assume "Purify your
>>> own minds" opens a door to a value in dialogue DQ/SQ since a self taught
>>> person is taught by a fool!
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 11/18/11 4:12 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> … After he responded to such questions, however, the Buddha asked people not
>>>> to mindlessly accept his words but to investigate for themselves the
>>>> immediate
>>>> experience of the Mind. “Be a light unto yourselves,” he told his listeners.
>>>> “Don’t look for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.“  Over and over, he
>>>> urged
>>>> people: “Purify your own minds.” (Bold highlights mine.)
>> 
>> 


 
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