[MD] Taking off the glasses?

[Andre Broersen]

Steve to Andre:

The question I have about this quote is what would it mean for someone to take his glasses off? I take it you see it as referring to Buddhist Enlightenment, but how do we square Buddhism and pragmatism?

Andre:
Hi Steve, I have thought of many different ways of answering this but Phaedrus' observation in ZMM kept on pressing itself forward, repeating itself and I must conclude that this is indeed an observation which should answer your question. It also squares Buddhism with pragmatism very nicely. The çonclusion' Phaedrus arrives at is: " The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called yourself". (p319) and in LILA of course further developed as the 'creative activity of the divine' (LC, p 354): DQ/sq.

Steve:
...but to continue the lens metaphor, I don?t think we should think of the MOQ as helping us to see more_clearly_.

Andre:
Without wanting to be pedantic I agree. The MOQ helps us to 'see' more 'appropriately' in the sense of, for example striking the term 'cause' out 'completely from the scientific description of the universe...Particles 'prefer' to do what they do...". This is 'using a term that is more appropriate to actual observation (experience)". (LILA, p 107).  ;-)

Steve:
...I don't know what to make of seeing without the glasses when we have denied the SOM picture of a single truth Way-Things-Really-Are to which we need to get ourselves in proper relation in favor of the formula reality=experience.

Andre:
Not knowing what to make of 'seeing without the glasses' by denying the SOM picture of the Way-Things-Really-Are is already a very appropriate and therefore high quality insight, imho.