Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id CAA00818 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 8 Apr 2002 02:33:34 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [137.110.248.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: memetics-digest V1 #1011 Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 18:27:21 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F79wLk615Jow4C00001c08@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Apr 2002 01:27:21.0461 (UTC) FILETIME=[879DBA50:01C1DE9C] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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>On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 04:33 , Jarmo Pystynen wrote:
>
>>"Have you ever realized that in the perfect state of observation you,
>>the
>>observer, you the thinker, the center cease to exist?"
>
>And I wrote not three days ago, to another, a concerningly similar-
>
>"The true act of observation is done in silence- no thoughts impede- it
>is a totally receptive state. And, within this state, what flows in the
>mind, and what processes congeal and form to bring sense to this
>silence, is the creative process, and, it works as well upon the field
>of science (and as validly) as it does upon the field of art and poetry,
>each with their own tools and experiences and cultures and technologies
>and practitioners and traditions. But it is where one takes the fruits
>of this silence that determines what is to be next- science or poetry.
>Facts or feelings."
>
>- Wade
>
I liked that description. From the quote marks around it I guess it was not
original or was from something you wrote earlier. But I'm glad you were
able to pass it along anyway.
Grant
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