09-22-2015, 09:56 AM
(09-21-2015, 01:33 PM)jeremy6d Wrote: Thanks for providing some perspective, Gary. It's important that we always remember that personal significance is personal, and everybody is more than entitled to their own feelings and associations, as rich as they are. I have known for a long time that you and I, Gary, have a different character to our attachment to the Law of One Material. And I think I've always benefited from those moments when I could see the work through your eyes. I shall redouble my efforts to extend that empathy, so rewarding in its fullness, to others here.
"Personal significance is personal. . . ." I think that's about as nail on the head as it gets.
Regarding the "different character of our attachments," I'd contend they're more similar than different. Both of us have had a deep and abiding love of this philosophy that, though more ebbing and flowing on your part over the years, nevertheless has remained true for both of us; neither of us becoming fanatics, but treating the material as a respected resource, and a beloved companion along the dusty road.
Also forgot to mention that on the point of a single-volume edition, Tobey and I were examining that prospect some time ago and due to the final page count, it might require onion paper (I think it's called) to fit all the pages into one book. It would clock in at around 1,000 pages or so.
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi