The paradox arises in that the silence of the Zen mind belies a language
and, in as much as consciousness is being linked inextricably with language,
denies as well a Zen reality that embraces either consciousness or language.
This forces a realization of kinds of reality, and, further, a question over
any assertion about "a firm base for reality"!
Cheers,
--Lenny__
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lees <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: "Zen archaeology"
>Victor wrote:
>
>
>> I will just only recall some of the last ideas
>> published by Derrida about an "idea of justice" that is "infinitely
>> irreducible" that cannot be deconstructed, "an experience of the
>> impossible" (orig. in "Force de Loi", quoted by the
anti-deconstructionist
>> Mark Lilla in the New York Review of Books, June 25, 1998). Since mental
>> activity and intellectual discourse are caught up in the structures of
>> language and therefore may -and have to- be deconstructed, is a firmer
>> basis of reality to be attained beyond the texts (thought, spoken or
>> written) in the silence of a Zen mind? (but later it would have to be
>> re-converted into the text form, for the sake of communication!)
>
>
>Victor,my position is,and has been,precisely what you describe,i.e. that a
firm
>base for reality - perhaps,more strongly,I would say, the _only_firm base -
is
>to be found "in the silence of a Zen mind".
>
>However,there may be some dissonance between my position and that of
Derrida.
>Here is a quote from someone (whose name I cannot find,so my apologies to
>whomever it is for failing to credit them):
>
>"Derrida has shown that, contrary to Husserl's notion of a pure origin,
>consciousness never precedes language,and we cannot see language as a
>representation of a silently lived through experience."
>
>I cannot vouch that this represents Derrida accurately.I've read as much of
Derrida's
>own words as I can,but,as yet,am not much wiser regarding this particular
>technicality.
>
>Chris.
>
>(żMe puedes traer una copa de te, por favor? ;-) Thanks,B.)
>
>
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