embrace evolution. homo superior is the problem - humans as superior than other life. this is damaging nonsense. we are inseparable from all phenomena - from the earth - at the fundamental level. tat tvam asi. for something to be superior requires a reciprocal inferiority on the part of the other. this sounds like a (psychopathological) complex to me.
homo holos is more to my liking. --- On Wed, 30/7/08, Peter Corteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Peter Corteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MD] Tit's > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Received: Wednesday, 30 July, 2008, 7:06 PM > sorry dave, gav; not trying to put words into anyone's > mouths but I did say > you can't reject SOM. Likewise we are stuck with > language and it's adopted > child, aleph beth; embrace them as the ancestors of the > homo superior. > > 2008/7/30 gav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > sorry to butt in but some nlp techniques seem to have > pooped in here (just > > used one myself - did ya see it?). > > dave didn't say that we can't reject SOM - > only you did peter. > > its SOM or MOQ (or some other similar monistic > paradigm) - cannae have it > > both ways. > > > > jeez that is the whole point - replacing SOM with > MOQ...that's why we're > > here, that's why bob wrote and thought a lot and > went a bit potty....its a > > big deal guys and gals....we are talking about a new > reality, literally. > > > > we are suspended in a language that is divorced from > the world around us. > > it is a legacy of the importation of the hebrew > alphabet into greece....what > > resulted was a language composed of characters that > had no connection to the > > world from which they were originally drawn. > > separation....plato's forms....christian > heaven....descartes, copernicus, > > galilieo:SOM.... > > the damage this has done to the psyche, to the > earth...is > > awe-inspiring...really amazing. > > such a little thing....hey boromir. > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 30/7/08, Peter Corteen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Peter Corteen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tit's > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Received: Wednesday, 30 July, 2008, 5:50 PM > > > Hi dmb, > > > > > > agreed that we can't reject SOM and that the > > > 'experience of not being able > > > to walk through is more real than the > > > "wall"'. SOM is an indispensable > > > convention that we are hard wired with. You > can't have > > > mind without matter > > > and vice-versa; I acknowledge spirit only in > terms of > > > intentionality. What > > > will be the characteristics of those beings who > are not > > > limited by SOM? > > > > > > -Peter > > > > > > 2008/7/29 david buchanan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > Peter said: > > > > SOM - mind and matter, it's more than a > thinking > > > convention; we have no > > > > choice but to act as if it's so - just > try > > > pretending the wall isn't there > > > > and try to walk through it, you can't. > > > > > > > > dmb says: > > > > The fact that we can't walk through > walls remains > > > even if we reject SOM. > > > > Likewise, adopting the MOQ does not entail > any claims > > > about being able to > > > > walk through walls. Think of it in terms of > reversing > > > the relationship > > > > between "objects" and > "quality". > > > SOM says the wall is an objective reality, > > > > a real substance, and its properties or > qualities are > > > such that it can not > > > > be walked through. It has hardness and > flatness. It > > > offers resistance when > > > > we put pressure on it. The MOQ says that > these > > > qualities come first and that > > > > the "wall" is secondary, an > interpretation > > > of the qualities felt in > > > > experience. And of course the idea of a > > > "wall" works well with many other > > > > ideas such as doors and windows. (The idea > of a wall > > > also connects to paint, > > > > to floors, ceilings, houses, gardens, towns, > Berlin > > > during the Cold War, > > > > China during the Mongol invasions and, the > line > > > between church and state, a > > > > place of blindfolded executions, to a lesser > or > > > greater degree, to every > > > > other idea in the whole lang > > > > uage system.) In the MOQ, the experience of > not being > > > able to walk through > > > > is more real than the "wall". As > in the hot > > > stove example, the "wall" is > > > > subsequently ascribed as the reason or cause > of not > > > being able to walk > > > > through. Rejecting SOM in no way denies the > experience > > > from which these > > > > ideas are derived, it is simply a matter of > stepping > > > back to see that > > > > subjects and objects are conventional > concepts, useful > > > concepts, rather than > > > > the starting point of reality or the cause > of > > > experience. The MOQ says that > > > > experience comes first, that experience IS > reality. 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