Guest guest Posted July 12, 2002 Report Share Posted July 12, 2002 , zen2wrk@a... wrote: > In a message dated 7/6/02 12:37:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > EBlackstead@c... writes: > > > > eric asks: In what way is the "journey that we have experienced" > > anything other than thoughts? > > > > yours in the bonds, > > eric > > > In the way that one may think they have been to Rome (and watch a travelogue > of Rome) as opposed to having been to Rome. > > Both ultimately exist in our thoughts, but one is the thought without the > journey, whereas the other is the thought(s) that result from the journey. > > My distinction is based on the thoughts that derive from experience versus > those that exist simply as thoughts without experience. It does not mean all > such thoughts have "no value" but they do not have the same value as thoughts > derived from experience. Oh, and yes, two travellers can take the same > journey and end up with very different thoughts! Yes, but the thought is not the experience Or is the experience thinking? :-))) I think thoughts come in very handy when I want to go visit my aunty's house in Rome. How else would I know the way? The way is this n That! At least that's what my Aunty's cat says. :-))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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