[MD] The Hero's journey

[MarshaV]

Hi Joe, 

I was showing and naming with Hunter before he spoke his first word.  


Marsha



On Nov 18, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Joseph Maurer wrote:

> 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:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> … 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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