Spiritual beings,
" Thank You for washing my clothes ! " - " Thank You for repairing my
bicycle. Classical role distribution I guess. Women do the washing, men do
the repairing." - " It is easy to repair bicycles. I can show You." - " I
rather do things I find beautiful, like hanging up new curtains." - "
Working bicycles are beautiful as well." - " Yes, but I always loose my
patience, when it comes to repairing bicycles. It does not work and then I
leave it." -
" One has to be patient and aware at the same time. That is the hard bit.
" - " It feels good when You finally managed to repair something. " - " Yes,
train Yourself by doing things which are just out of reach, kind of close
but at the other side of the border of your abilities. See your knowledge as
a new tool which enables You to handle and create new and other things."
The MOQ is the most powerful and revoluting tool. It is not only a single
tool but a complete set of new ones and it sets the old ones into a better
position.
We cycle through one of the beautiful alleys here in M¸nster. Heading
towards my appartment. It is dry and cold and bathed in golden sunshine. I
wonder if I am going to be a Zen buddhist and a good deal of the other MF
participants as well. What will be left of the MOQ then. A lot, I guess. Day
by day I find out more thanks to everyone participating. Yes, being patient
and aware at the same time - all the time -. One cannot but must try. It is
like clapping with one hand. I think of Bono from U2 saying that he waits
that ' God crosses the room ' when he writes songs.
.
What can I do ? - There is so much inspiration - way too much in fact. So I
turn into the 'shuffle mode' and take care that there is not too much action
these days. Fascination can hypnotize and take away your development space.
" Yes, but people might get annoyed by Your 'shuffle mode' because You do
not take part in their dialectical discussion. You have not answered Bos and
Ricks questions. Marco is right when he says that with every right there
comes a duty. Ideas in the MOQ are developed in a controversial way." - "
When I try this I get confused and end up nowhere." - " So this forum is not
the right place for You." - " Well, maybe but there are different ways to
learn, which I follow. And I come closer, understanding more of what has
been said." - " What different ways do You mean ? " - " The ripening of
theories. Wait till they are sweet and tasty and then assimilate." - " You
mean, writing something on a piece of paper and carrying it around with you
and/or putting it in places where you always come across. " - " Yes, this is
a part of it."
Yours satisfied,
Andreas
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-moq_focus@venus.co.uk [mailto:owner-moq_focus@venus.co.uk] On
Behalf Of Andreas Deppner
Sent: Freitag, 3. November 2000 11:34
To: moq_focus@moq.org
Subject: MF First Time
Happy ho,
A never ending love affair. I fell into love with words - got hooked and
changed. How did it start ? - Nearly twenty years ago. I did my army service
and was bored and did not like it. Made me ready for the BIG ESCAPE. And I
wanted to go by motorcycle. Due to whatever reason my captaÃn said that I
should drive and maintain his truck - which I did and which gave me a lot of
free time.
So I spent time in the little army library and there was this book ' Zen und
die Kunst ein Motorrad zu warten '. ' Ah, interesting '. I took it from the
shelf. It said (of course in German) a how to do your life guideline. ' One
of these trips. Mind and soul catchers. ' But I had a look anyway because it
said ' motorcycle maintenance ' in the title. But then (this is always me
translating and collecting from the past. I do not have the ZAMM here with
me) in the introduction I read that this book does not deal directly neither
with Zen nor with Motorcycle Maintenance.
' What is this about then ? '.
The poem on the first page:
' Was aber gut ist, Phaidros und was nicht, m½ssen wir danach erst andere
fragen '
This was the moment something woke up in me. Something I forgot in school.
Interest but deeper than just interest. I opened my senses and had a real
close look.
' This guy is travelling on a motorcycle. He is saying something about good
pacemaking with the emphasis on 'good' not on 'pacemaking'. '
What is he talking about ? - The words dug deeper - or I dug deeper with new
tools. Deeper into my own feeling of ' not belonging here ' , into '
something is wrong, but I can not put my finger on it'.
I read the book and sat in my truck and sometimes found me even weeping.
One day a sergeant came along and told me that I should descale the truck.
This would have taken a year or so, but I was willing. I started with the
tow bar. After six hours or so the tow bar was radiating. The serge came
back - had a look - said: ' This is good so. ' and never showed up again.
I must go now.
Thank You for being around,
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