Hi group,
I have heard a lot of talk recently in the group about all of the postings being childish and worthless. (Maybe not the exact words) This is certainly a viewpoint that everyone is entitled to, but one that I disagree with. Recently I have noticed some very good post. I especially liked David's post of Feb. 21 about Zen and the intellect. I believe that he hits the situation right on when he talks about not being able to understand mysticism, and also about mysticism being post-rational. I have suffered with this problem for a while, and am continuing to suffer. The more I try to prove something about mysticism the more I go round and round without getting anything solved. I can only point to mysticism like (in Zen) the expression a finger pointing at the moon. This has bothered me because for some odd reason I keep trying to prove mysticism aspects. I have never been able to do it yet. I also suspect that mysticism is a REAL "thing", even though I haven't been able to prove any of my beliefs. Most people that read the books would probably agree with this. To me not being able to understand or prove this mysticism is disconcerting, and troubling. But perhaps I am trapped in the intellectual framework of thought, or more likelly the Subject-Object frame of thought. Nevertheless the post have been enlightening, and have shown that people do have a good understanding of MoQ. I think there are differences in opinion, but those are points like mu questions. In other words those are the questions that you grow on.
Also I believe I see a lot of rigid types of classification in the different so called "levels" of quality. Perhaps how "reality" really is in essence is more freeflowing and not so chopped up. In other words not divided into such rigid classifications. But there is no doubt that there are some distinctions, as to where certain elements of quality lie. I would have to say that society is good, intellectualism is good, and mystic or dynamic quality is good. All of them are in certain aspects different, but really make up the whole. We need them all, and even though I feel intellectualism falls short of the dynamic quality mark, I realize that it is needed. We as humans are intellectual beings, who armed with our amazing brains have to always probe deeper into the unknown aspects of life.
Really "quality" is a good dog.
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