Hi Marsha, [Marsha] > > > Maybe, but Buddha isn't an entity.
[Platt] > >What would you say Buddha is? A big self? A hallucination? [Marsha] > If I had to guess, I'd say the Buddha is a collection of knowledge. To me a collection of knowledge would be a library. But I tend to be literal. For instance, abstract art has no appeal for me. [Platt] > > > >That the individual holds a high place in the Pirsig's philosophy > is > > > >evidenced by his writing in ZAMM: "My personal feeling is this is > how > > > >further improvement in the world will be done: by individuals > making > > > >Quality decisions, and that's all." > > > > > > > >What do you think? [Marsha] > > > Without defining precisely what the individual is or isn't, I think > > > 'Three cheers for Quality decisions!!!' [Platt] > >Isn't someone like you, me or other human individual needed to make > Quality > >decisions in response to Dynamic Quality? [Marsha] > An individual, a self, is an ever-changing, collection of > interrelated and interconnected, inorganic, biological, social and > intellectual, static patterns of value responding to Dynamic > Quality. I wouldn't use the word 'needed'. Agree. An individual, a self, is no illusion. Your description matches Pirsig's perfectly."It's possible to see Lila as something much greater than a customary sociological or anthropological description would have her be. Lila then becomes a complex ecology of patterns moving toward Dynamic Quality. Lila individually, herself, is in an evolutionary battle against the static patterns of her own life." (Lila, 29) I think "decisions" presupposes (needs) an individual "decider." Always a pleasure, Marsha Platt 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/
