[MD] The Hero's journey

[Joseph Maurer]

Hi Marsha, 

My son married a lady from Moldova.  I really can't quite suss out what my 2
year old grandson is saying when he speaks Moldovan.  His five year old
sister is a good interpreter.

Joe


On 11/18/11 11:46 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

> 
> 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:
>>>> 
>>>>> Š 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. ³Be a light unto yourselves,² he told his
>>>>> listeners.
>>>>> ³Don¹t look for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.³  Over and over, he
>>>>> urged
>>>>> people: ³Purify your own minds.² (Bold highlights mine.)
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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