[MD] The first cut.

[David Harding]

Hi Marsha,


> I am not a mystic.  And on what basis, other some a trumped up conceptual construct, do you call me such a thing?  You're full of baloney... 

If there is one thing that all Mystics have in common it is that they all deny being Mystics.  Being something such as a 'mystic' is too reductionist, too specific. By this reasoning I could talk till the cows come home about how you're a mystic but even if you were, you would never agree with me...

That said, I should answer your question.  I call you such a thing because of your view of static patterns.  You do not see their inherent component as being some fixed thing.  I see static quality as every thing.  You see it as the following:

"Static quality represents processes; conditionally co-dependent, impermanent, ever-changing and conceptualized processes that pragmatically tend to persist and change within stable, predictable patterns."

You speak as though distinctions between distinct separate things are not important.  This is the viewpoint of the Mystic.

Begin disagreement..... Now. :-)

-David.