[MD] dark night

[MarshaV]

Mark,

And, for example, your comment concerning "deaf ears" was not one of pretentious, disarming, condescension.  :-)


Marsha 


On Jun 25, 2012, at 12:15 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> I do not disagree with you, I just have a different approach.  I have no problem with your approach.  We just have a different sense of Quality.
> 
> Carry on,
> Mark
> 
> Sent laboriously from an iPhone,
> Mark
> 
> On Jun 24, 2012, at 9:13 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
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>> Mark,
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>> This post seems like philosophical/psychological chum thrown overboard to see what it will attract.  I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but often I cannot find a precise point of disagreement.  Is there a specific point you'd like to discuss?  
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>> Marsha 
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>> On Jun 24, 2012, at 11:55 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Marsha,
>>> I appreciate the labels that you are giving to DQ.  I think I understand
>>> where you are coming from.  You present a kind of metaphysical theology.
>>> There is also another kind of metaphysics, that is one which traces back
>>> to ultimate principles.  I am' dealing with the latter approach.  It is
>>> simply two different approaches.  I am sure that your approach brings you
>>> much fulfillment.
>>> 
>>> This forum is about the metaphysics of Quality.  That is, it is meant to
>>> provide a description of Quality in metaphysical terms.  Certainly
>>> unknowable can be one such description, but I am curious where you take it
>>> from there.  Is the first principle that it cannot be described?  If so, we
>>> are speaking of a metaphysics of the indescribable, which is more of a
>>> Christian approach to reality.  I have no problem with this.
>>> 
>>> Any metaphysics of Quality comes from one's personal relationship, through
>>> Quality, with existence.  I fully appreciate that your relationship with
>>> existence is one of unknowability.  This indeed can be one of wonder, and
>>> be very fulfilling, and I appreciate you candor in providing this to me.
>>> That IT is there but that we will never know it.  Thanks for that.  I have
>>> some more thoughts concerning my approach, which may fall on deaf ears.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:13 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:


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