Corri: Wow. First, I was going to correct Lou when he called you HD, but I figured you'd set him straight. And you did.
Second, I think I get Mu. It's kind of like when the lawyer, on cross-examining the husband being sued for divorce, asks, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" In philosophy, it's called a complex question. In the legal arena, the proper objection would be, "Assumes a fact not in evidence." But Mu is even deeper than that, as I understand your explanation of it. If one were to say, in answer to the "beating your wife" question, "Mu," you would be asking the lawyer not only to "un-utter" the question, but, additionally, to search inside himself for the underlying reasons why he would even consider asking such a question. As usual, my analogy is breaking down (where's JJ when you need her?), but, in my wife's case, saying "mu" to her is asking her to consider why she would even say such a thing as "I didn't know you were the type of guy who blah blah blah."
Mu is asking her to search inside herself for the answers to why she seems intent on pushing away a man who loves her and who has endured her constant testing of him. Why her fear of abandonment has turned into an expectation of abandonment. Why her fear of intimacy has helped her construct obstacles for those who love her.
Mu, indeed.
Thanks for the explanation, oh long-winded one.
Hairdog, who can't wait to turn around, say "mu" to his wife, grab his crotch, and say, "meditate on this, oh castrator of horses!"
