[MD] Bored and boring…

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Thank you for the discussion.
Mark

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 10:28 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

>
> Mark,
>
> To quote you when I once bothered to ask you to clarify your meaning "I
> see no reason to do this, figure it out on your own."
>
>
> Marsha
>
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 11:08 PM, 118 wrote:
>
> > Hi Marsha,
> > You misunderstood my question.  I was not asking you for a philosophical
> interpretation of truth.  I understand that you don't want to discuss that.
> >
> > I was asking you how you are using the word true.  You present the
> concept of the hypothetical.  You then describe this hypothetical as "not
> necessarily true".  My question is very simple.  How are you using the word
> true?  I think it is important for us to understand this.
> >
> > You ask others what they mean about statements, and I am just doing the
> same thing you do.  All you have to do is define how you are using the word
> true.  No need to get philosophical or dismissive.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:29 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Sep 13, 2012, at 12:54 PM, 118 wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Marsha,
> >>> It seems like you are having problems with the word "truth".  How
> would you define this word?  This way we can see where you are coming from.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> This is to go all the way back to the beginning where on August 16th I
> wrote to David Harding
> >>
> >> On Aug 16, 2012, at 9:12 PM, MarshaV wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>> David:
> >>>>> So you do not find the truths of philosophy 'valid'?  Why is it so
> important, heaven forbid, that the word truth is qualified by the words
> conventional or provisional?
> >>>>
> >>>> Marsha:
> >>>> Well, it certainly is not in the words 'conventional' and
> 'provisional'; it's the realization that our experiencing is co-dependent
> (relative), impermanent and ever-changing - fleeting.
> >>>
> >>> David:
> >>> Okayy.. So truth changes how as a result of this?
> >>
> >> Marsha:
> >> I have nothing to say about 'truth'.  The idea of truth does not
> interest me.  I'll repeat: the idea of truth does not interest me.  I
> prefer to think of knowledge as static patterns of value.
> >>
> >> ---
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> >>
> >> Marsha
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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