tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post201082927432381308..comments2023-10-17T20:50:15.495-07:00Comments on Groupname for Grapejuice: Stopgap Dredge-Up from the Journals: Boring Western Buddhists znorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870745426523284218noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post-46812635265530152762014-11-08T21:30:31.584-08:002014-11-08T21:30:31.584-08:00Hi Tom,
More like the latter. Both the law of gra...Hi Tom,<br /><br />More like the latter. Both the law of gravity and Mara are patterns that have been isolated and named by various perceivers. Both these patterns and the subsequent categories are subject to change and are defined by shifting contexts. Neither have independent existence. Scientific "laws," however precisely they are defined, represent just one way of chopping up and sorting out the mystery often called "reality." There are many other ways to do this, some are more "subjective," others more "objective." <br /><br />Thanks for the mention at your very fine website. I'll direct readers to it:<br /><br />http://www.rawillumination.net/znorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870745426523284218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post-33564545124994072282014-11-08T06:51:52.129-08:002014-11-08T06:51:52.129-08:00Znore,
I followed much of your argument, but I ha...Znore,<br /><br />I followed much of your argument, but I had a little trouble with these mind-blowing sentences:<br /><br />"Mara and the force of gravity are equally as imaginary. Both are empty and both are without self."<br /><br />Doesn't gravity have an existence that is apart from who observes it or how it is observed? Or do you mean it is unlikely we will find out everything there is to know about gravity? Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post-89264252235668872472014-11-02T20:15:04.777-08:002014-11-02T20:15:04.777-08:00Abide not with dualism...
Carefully avoid pursuing...Abide not with dualism...<br />Carefully avoid pursuing it;<br />As soon as you have right and wrong...<br />Confusion ensues... and Mind is lost.<br /><br />- Edward ConzeJack Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601886076987129483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post-50524860759171139572014-10-29T05:14:39.458-07:002014-10-29T05:14:39.458-07:00I heartily agree with you. I don't think, thou...I heartily agree with you. I don't think, though, that Buddhism necessarily negates life. It only asserts that all categories are fundamentally empty, meaning that they are incomplete and by nature dependent on others. This is ecological thinking. My point is that this also applies to the categories of thought, even scientific categories. These are also changing, provisional and finite in themselves. Both in the physical world and in the imagination, and there is no real split between these, life flows. And sometimes it does dance on corpses. Thanks again, Dennis. znorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870745426523284218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600594361812328513.post-22036920906740478182014-10-28T17:33:26.323-07:002014-10-28T17:33:26.323-07:00To negate the life force as illusion is to negate ...To negate the life force as illusion is to negate the occult. To enjoy life, is to live life. The eastern dialectic is of little use to me. To live life is to accept the western occult . If one fancies oblivion is to accept death/no-thing. We may be dancing in our corpse. By no means negate life. Shineforth brave souls. Dennis Dennis/87https://www.blogger.com/profile/03703473570098929681noreply@blogger.com