Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:36:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: BHA: Hello?


 
 
I think, Hans, we should put a slightly different spin on your
response to Doug and Michael.  The initiative of Gary and the group he works
with has been terrific, but it's not up to him to keep the reading
going.  That's the task of all of us, so that, Doug, if you miss
the continuity of the reading, start where we are on either DPF or
RTS and give us a post.  
 
This goes for everyone.  Most of the conversations on the list are
spontaneous.  These are great and we should not stifle them, but
silences are also spontaneous and in the long run are likely to
dominate.  A regular reading of texts difficult for anyone will
sustain us.  This means actually reading the text commented upon,
not just commenting on someone else's comment.  Nobody would run a
study group that way.  In fact we can make good use of a study
group mentality:  everyone shows up prepared and has her say,
whether with comments or questions.  There's not a section of DPF
or RTS we've gone over that anyone of us couldn't look at and come
up with dozens of questions.  Regular reading will generate
spontaneous discussions which may take us off anywhere, but we need
always to come back to the reading as a matter of gentle, simple
discipline.  However, except for Alan, there has been little
participation in Gary's reading of DPF and even less on RTS.  For
any of us there is some interest in speaking to the void, but much
less than conversational initiatives which generate response.  
 
Howard
 
 
     "What is there just now you lack"  Hakuin
 
Howard Engelskirchen


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