> [Arlo] > My point here was in citing Hall's belief that the human condition > is one where the mass of people will always be like sheep. By the way, > We are thousands and thousands of > years advanced from our pre-historic roots, but has the human > condition changed? Do a greater percent of the human population > understand love, art, beauty, Arete, agape, honor, devotion than in > the past? Do a greater percent of the modern population understand > the mystical esotericism of the Void than a hundred years ago? A > thousand? Ten thousand? The cynic in me says no.
Paco: Let us not underestimate the people/"the masses". Many may not be able to understand and articulate rationally the dynamics of mysticism of whatever kind, but they have experience, personal and/or collective, of the mystical world. An indicator, if not proof, is their/our ability to experience beauty and create beauty throiugh art forms. The way of art leads to worlds beyond reason. And there are other ways. I suspect Pirsig had a mystical experience of Quality, and the two ways he has expressed his experience are the art-novel forms of ZMM and Lila. However, these art forms, as all art forms, fail to express the whole. Perhaps only to limn it? For what it's worth. May Yahweh bless you and keep you! May Yahweh let his face shine on you, and be gracious to you! May Yahweh look kindly on you, and give you his peace! (Num. 6:24-26) 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/
