tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post3085957975735716369..comments2024-02-14T08:44:41.513+00:00Comments on Progressive Buddhism: How do we Change?Myeong Jin Eunsahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/10324409234993116264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-38359535867077185052009-01-17T20:40:00.000+00:002009-01-17T20:40:00.000+00:00I really appreciate your sincere angst over wantin...I really appreciate your sincere angst over wanting the world to be better and connecting it to language. If I say to myself first out loud, or written, a couple of times to clear the air of any words that can be open to interpretation first then what I say to someone else is less arguable. I think there is a difference between, say, funding a particular school and in funding education. If we allow ourselves to be quick and sharp with what we say first then what we say will do more for what we mean.Eh?<BR/><BR/>Ted<BR/>returntodogenTed Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07740863843616685808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043003269935490917.post-11156966172123482542009-01-17T06:42:00.000+00:002009-01-17T06:42:00.000+00:00This is a great post with a lot of food-for-though...This is a great post with a lot of food-for-thought. I think you are definitely on to something with the recommendation that we all say what's on our minds. We are such communicative beings that it seems silly to limit expression, though. I think it is difficult to place a hard-and-fast rule on the content of dialogue. While it may be true that we could avoid a lot of conflict by keeping our mouths zipped where proper nouns are concerned, we build life around the values that we assign to things. If we could merely substitute a blank space where the name of our religion was concerned or political affiliation, we might end up with a sort of passionless MadLib. Maybe instead of trying to de-specify our language, we should strive to speak in unarguable truths-- of those things that we feel and sense, our inner thoughts and emotions, even where proper nouns are concerned. Perhaps we change by claiming our feelings and opinions as our own. What do you think?<BR/><BR/>Mockingbird<BR/>http://gadflyrevolution.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709944434155490740noreply@blogger.com