From: Steve & Oxsana Marquis (marquis@nccn.net)
Date: Sun Aug 07 2005 - 21:43:23 BST
Hi Marsha. This is just because we don't 'like' things coming out how we
didn't intend. If we put more thought into our success, maybe we wouldn't
have so many failures ;). The author is assuming analysis follows
dissatisfaction only after the fact. That may be so for the lot of us who
aren't paying much attention to how we live, but it is a rather narrow view.
Analysis is not necessairly tied to the ego's need to aquire likes and avoid
dislikes. It is just that is how it is commonly used. There is a
separation between tool and motivation.
Lancelot apparantly is building a case for something seen in opposition to
good 'ol reasoning. That could be leading to a false dichotomy.
Live well,
Steve
>
> This is a quote from Lancelot Whyte taken from Alan Watt's 'TAO: The
> Watercourse Way':
>
> "Thought is born of failure. When action satisfies there is no residue to
> hold the attention; to think is to confess a lack of adjustment which we
> must stop to consider. Only when the human organism fails to achieve an
> adequate response to its situation is there material for the processes of
> thought, and the greater the failure for more searching they become... "
>
> The words are beginning to blur?
>
> Marsha
>
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