[MD] bubbles of philosophy

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

I "love" epistemology and metaphysics, philosophy in general, and above all others the MoQ, but still I agree with the saying:  

       All conditioned dharmas 
       Are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, 
       Like dew drops and a lightning flash. 
       Contemplate them thus.

Here's more:  

"The problem is not that experts don’t fulfill vital functions.  They often do.  It’s just that experts don’t direct our attention to Reality, Truth, or the Whole.  Because their knowledge is confined to a limited sphere, they can do nothing to bring us to where we can _see_ what’s really going on.  In fact, they inadvertently turn our minds from it.  

“A requirement for becoming an expert is that you must put boundaries around the territory you study.  Thus experts have their own private, internally consistent arguments, which they put forth in language that often only other experts or aspiring experts in the field can speak.  In addition, what experts say is usually consistent, clear, and above all non paradoxical (and thus, we assume, true).  But because they’ve managed to keep it all inside a limited space, what they conclude inevitably fails to take into account unbounded, free-flowing Truth and Reality.

“In other words, whatever conceptual model we come up with, it cannot ultimately serve as a substitute for Reality.  And while we might be tempted to shrug off this observation, ignoring its implications is potentially devastating. 

“When we confine ourselves to a bubble, a cocoon, a limited sphere, it’s difficult for us to see that _all_ our conceptual knowledge floats on the surface of the vast sea of Reality, which contains a myriad of other bubbles.  And from inside any bubble, it’s hard to realize that Truth is _seen_ only when our bubble breaks.”
        (Hagen, Steve, 'Buddhism Is Not What You Think'). 


So how is morality served?

     "While sustaining biological and social patterns 
       Kill all intellectual patterns. 
       Kill them completely 
       And then follow Dynamic Quality 
       And morality will be served."
             (RMP,'LILA', Chapter 32)
 
 

Marsha