A word to JASON:
Calmness is an epistemic virtue - a necessary qualification for
enlightenment, not something which can be put off untill you have
'the answer'. If you are on the verge of a nervous breakdown, then that
just suggests that you are a bit tired and could do with a rest. Take a
holiday on a beach, see a picture, or go skiing. Whatever you do, stop
reading theo/philosophy! A good novel sounds more attractive.
And I'd add, sotto voce, that (if you aren't really on the edge of a nervous
breakdown, but are just trying to prod us all into solving an intellectual
problem) MOQ isn't some final way of seeing the world which sorts out all
the conflicts you have to give you a complete history of the 20th Century
and the last few millenia. There are people here who treat it that way, but
I don't think they quite got the point about the impossibility of perfect
chess and the possibility of escaping static patterns.....
ttfn from Pzeph
> From: ZEN777777777@aol.com
> Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 00:00:53 EST
> To: moq_discuss@moq.org
> Subject: MD Re:Help Me
>
> I feel that I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I own and have read
> Zen and the art andLila, and they both calmed me for a time, yet to acheive
> balance, I also read Christian liturature, Islamic literature, etc. I am
> running circles in my mind, and I feel that it is driving me crazy.I don't
> know what to believe. MOQ feels right to me, but it is so highly disputed in
> intellectual and religious circles that doubts creep in and I start
> reevaluating everything again, to no avail. A close friend of mine asked me,
> What would it take for you to believe in something? I thought about this for
> six days, and the conclusion that I came up with was: If Superman ( Yes, the
> D.C. comics, red and blue tights, Christopher Reeve Superman,who of course,
> doesn't exist) were to come to me and tell me what he believes, then I would
> believe his belief without question.That won't happen. Help me. I turn to you
> because I feel you deep down. Show me the advantages of thinking in the MOQ
> way, because I have yet to see it
>
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