And Mr Lovelock is a scientist. -KO
2009/4/14 MarshaV <[email protected]> > > Platt, > > Betterness from the point-of-view of 'this world' as compared to the > betterness of DQ's total freedom? Is this the betterness missing? Well you > may be correct. There doesn't seem to be any consideration for stability in > most of the scientific drive for economic progress. I like better James > Lovelock's Gaia point-of-view, which says that in the end Earth will survive > as it is a self-correcting system. Mr. Lovelock is also optimistic in > thinking that there will be humans that survive too. And the Gaia > hypothesis seems more like the MOQ interrelationship between static and > dynamic forces. > > > Marsha > > > > > At 10:21 AM 4/14/2009, you wrote: > >> Marsha, >> >> "But static patterns, nevertheless, provide a necessary stabilizing force >> to protect Dynamic progress from degeneration. Although Dynamic Quality, >> the Quality of freedom, creates this world in which we live, these >> patterns >> of static quality, the quality of order, preserve our world. Neither >> static >> nor Dynamic Quality can survive without the other." (Lila, 9) >> >> Does this passage answer your question? >> >> Platt >> >> >> > Platt, >> > >> > Does RMP specifically use the word 'progress'? Is freedom always >> > progress? From what point-of-view? >> > >> > >> > Marsha >> > >> > >> > >> > At 09:11 AM 4/14/2009, you wrote: >> > >Hi Marsha, KO, DMB, et al: >> > > >> > >The big thing missing from current evolution theories and applications >> > is >> > >any notion of things getting better or, as we MOQer's believe, progress >> > >towards greater freedom and versatility. It has always bothered me that >> > >precious little attention is paid to ever expanding consciousness over >> > time >> > >from the first little wiggle of life to the worldly mind of a Mozart or >> > an >> > >Einstein. In other words, science, totally dependent on measurable >> > surface >> > >data, has largely been unable to deal with the steady evolutionary >> > >expansion of interior awareness, the real indicator of Dynamic >> > progress, >> > >"Are you better off as a woman than a mouse?" The MOQ answer: "You >> > betcha." >> > >That's progress! >> > > >> > >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/ >> > > . > _____________ > > Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars......... > . > . > 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/
