On Wednesday 19 September 2007 1:47:19 PM David M writes to Joe: Hi Joe I can't see how you can become aware of anything other than by how it changes you. We can postulate a beyond the self that causes this change and why the changes come and go, but we cannot find in our experience something that is not 'our' experience.
DM Hi David and All, I will ask you a question: Am I aware of all that I experience? Is there a mechanical sex when I am only aware of my feelings and the experience is not ‘our’ experience. Is there a conscious sex in which I am also aware of my partner and the experience is ‘our’ experience. Is sex a distinguishing activity between mechanical (cosmic) and free (conscious) evolution? Or is it only the birds and the bees? > On Sunday 9 September 2007 2:39:28 AM David M quotes Joe: > > Hi Joe > > I'm really not sure what you are trying to say below? > > Ta > David M > > [Joe] > Hi David M, Ron, DMB, and all, > > IMO opinion the S/O division has to be distinguished first. > Aristotle’s theory of knowledge describes a division between> ‘intentional > existence’ and ‘real existence’ S/O. This division > between the body/soul, with mind/will as functions of the soul, > has so permeated thought that I cannot distinguish mechanical/conscious > behavior. I unconsciously speak of my mind. Until I realize that my > behavior follows cosmic/conscious values, > I have no way of distinguishing mechanical/conscious activity. > I assume all my actions are from my own intentions. > This is contrary to experience. I do what I do not want to do. > > Joe > > Hi David M, and All, > > You have thrown down the gauntlet! Are you interested? Subject/Object was > misinterpreted by Aristotle. Existence cannot be divided rationally into > an intentional existence of an essence in a mind, and an objective > (outside the knower) existence of an essence. Too many errors capped by > "Why should I care?" > > I love the two aspects of sex, the physical act, and the consciousness of > intimacy with another. This includes two forms of evolution the cosmic > (mechanical actions) and the conscious evolution of heightened awareness. > That distinction underlies all behavior, and is primary S/O evolution. Sex > highlights the evolution of proprietary awareness. When you used the > example of scoring the goal!!!!!!!!!!!, I thought that is what you were > getting at. > > Joe > > > > > > [David M] > Hi Ron/DMB > > And when we come to describe and divide this reality > there are many ways to do so. Subject/object is one > way and has some uses, its latches onto certain > qualities of our experience, there are many others > to be dscribed. There are qualities that are more > pertinent than those described by the subject-object > division. MOQ notices that all our experiences are > based in values. What we experience/notice we experience as > having a value from the horrific through to bliss. And > MOQ notices that the flux and change dominate our > experience, yet there are also some patterns and order> to notice and > desribe. It is a long way down the road > of conceptual evolution that we might suggest such > generalities as subjects and objects. People and stuff > must get noticed a long time before such conceptual > peculiarities as subjects and objects. And when you > look hard, SOM causes many conceptual problems > but has been very useful for dominance over nature > and is now costing us dearly. If you can't grasp this > via Pirsig, try James, or Dewey, or even Heidegger. > > Regards > David M > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
