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To: Rick Julian who wrote (79834)	5/24/2000 11:16:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

Rationally there is no good/bad love/hate- Buddhism places a premium on the rational as far as I understand it. Buddhism should be completely compatible with reason- and they say THAT themselves. There are choices which bring happiness and choices which do not- but those are relative. I'm not sure there is a mire of illusory reality- if one is open to reality. Absolute belief would be the only true mire, as it does not allow for change, and learning- since belief in a reality that is not reality coupled with an openess TO reality would eventually lead to the experience of whatever "real" reality there was to be experienced.

To: Rick Julian who wrote (79834)	5/24/2000 11:25:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I'll take a crack at the definition of rationality. Rationality is the use of interlocking logic and common sense in working out conclusions from premises. Rationality is of itself not bad or confining. The trick lies in the choice of the premises! And since rationality cannot be used to set the premises, it is a tool and not the whole barn. There is nothing inherently contradictory between rationality and wonderment - spirit-awareness even. The simple truth is that how we choose the premises we use to construct our lives, rationally or just mooing along (or some of each), are rooted in articles of faith. Some of these articles of faith are more codified and standardized than others. Others defy verbalization and are usually the durable residue of mystical experience. Mystical experience is a very, very powerful way to change or adjust how we relate to apparent reality. But in my experience no mystical experience or event has been satisfactorily shown to feed back the other way, changing apparent reality.