Bredonborough One measure of possible
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Bredonborough.
One measure of possible & impossible is the probable.
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15.11 Early Autumn in the garden…
19.03 To a Crafty pal…
many thanks for the article. probably, the terminology of the practice of compassionate mindfulness & buddhism & zen, allied to the therapeutic background, is a form of words more accessible & useful than religious terminology, especially in a practical sense. love - how to get a handle on that? practising compassionate mindfuness - hey! i know what's going on there! at least, i think i do.
there's what i do - the practice, the head - mindfulness, the heart - compassion.
DU II - the SSG IV is coming to the end of our reading & it is a remarkable unity of vision. the language is clunky, addressing a former generation, and very different to the JGB talking out loud. but quite astonishing…
i've been struggling with the terminology of hyparxis & ableness-to-be, and only a few days ago the penny dropped: i already knew this experientially, but the words were getting in the way. to Crafty pals recently...
My eyes have just fallen on the glossary (DU II p341)…
Ableness-To-Be: The property common to all entities… of existing independently.
For the first time, I have a sense that I know what this is referring to. More than that, I have been knowing & familiar with this for many years, and have even tried to explain it to others. But the terminology, and linked to that dreaded word hyparxis, prompted cognitive disruption.
Cf Albert Low in The Systematics Of A Business Organization (p275):
“The hyparchic dimension of capacity refers specifically to doing what needs to be done”. Cf honour necessity? “It refers to the action of will through decisions”.
AL then quotes JGB in DU I p. 277:
“Hyparxis is the power which enables everything to repeat itself but only to a limited degree and that is measured by its ableness-to-be. From this it follows that ableness-to-be is a quantity and therefore must be susceptible of measurement”.
JGB from the glossary of DU II (p343): Hyparxis: “The condition of existing in a state of sensitivity”. That is, being awake: maintaining a sense of presence while in motion & repose.
No longer distant notions, but here & now practicalities.
“the goal of zen is to awaken to the transcendant” (Low). the wonder of GC is, sit in the Circle & the unconditioned presents itself, to the extent that we are ourselves present.
a primary aim of GC is to see music face to face. then, we can discuss the wine of silence. until then, it's only words!
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