I detached myself from this thread at least 5 messages ago. Oops Thanks a lot, Steve...
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > It did come through, it's succinctness caused me to type a message like > this: > > My dog is the epitome of attachment. > My cat is the epitome of non-attachment. > Some cats and dogs seem studied in detachment. > My mailtool (Thunderbird) seems fairly attached to the idea that I might > send without making the attachment I possibly intended when I used the word. > My cat was recently confiscated by the coyotes, I think they can't be > bothered with all this talk. > > But then I thought it might be perceived as "flip" and deleted it. I do > this from time to time, it is my simulation of non-attachment I think. > > I liked my post on attachment. (Perhaps I'm attached to it.) Did it get > lost? I don't see it in any of the follow-up posts. Here it is again. > > Think of attachment as: I must ensure that X comes to pass. I want it so > badly. > Think of detachment as: I must not want so badly that X comes to pass. I > must stay detached. > Think of non-attachment as: I may participate in the process whereby X comes > to pass -- or doesn't come to pass. If I participate I may be fully > engaged. I may care very much whether X comes to pass. It it does, I may > feel very happy. If it doesn't I may feel very sad. But whether or not X comes > to pass I still have my laundry to do. > > > *-- Russ Abbott* > *_____________________________________________* > * Professor, Computer Science* > * California State University, Los Angeles* > > * My paper on how the Fed can fix the economy: ssrn.com/abstract=1977688 > * > * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 > Google+: plus.google.com/114865618166480775623/ > * vita: *sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ > CS Wiki <http://cs.calstatela.edu/wiki/> and the courses I teach > *_____________________________________________* > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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