Hi Andre, I prefer Pirsig's view of DQ as a force for good, i.e.,openness and freedom.
"When inorganic patterns of reality create life the Metaphysics of Quality postulates that they've done so because it's "better" and that this definition of "betterness"-- this beginning response to Dynamic Quality -- is an elementary unit of ethics upon which all right and wrong can be based." (Lila, 12) DQ is sometimes confused with biological quality. "When biological quality and Dynamic Quality are confused the result isn't an increase in Dynamic Quality. It's an extremely destructive form of degeneracy of the sort seen in the Manson murders, the Jonestown madness. and the increase in crime and drug addiction throughout the country." (Lila, 24) Regards, Platt > Andre: > Hi Platt, Arlo Krimel and all, > > You keep on suggesting that DQ is something that has tendencies or a > menu, > or a preference or something responsible for some sort of teleological > intent. It hasn't! > DQ is effortless and has infinite diversified creativity. It gives rise > to > 'anger and avarice and the emotions of the murderer and the warrior as > wel > as to the affection and charity of the saint...picturing the divine in > all > these different aspects...'. It is a part of man's nature and the nature > of > all things which can be counted on always as a guide for life at any time > or > place under all circumstances, because it alone is neither partial nor > transitory' > ( F.S.C.Northrop, The Meeting of East and West'p 343). > > The realisation of this is the basis of freedom.Some use it to further > their > own thing oblivious of others, some use it to further their own thing > considering others. > Some create but never possess, many work, yet not take credit. Work is > done, > then forgotten.Therefore it lasts forever. (Tao te Ching). > > And it lasts forever simply because it is timeless continuum. We are > only > differentiated and transitory derived from this undifferentiated and > 'eternal'. > > You can kick against anything you have no direct control over but as > Pirsig > says the good starts in your heart, then in your head and then flows > through > your hands, from the internal to the external(eternal) through the Tao > (which literally means 'bridge'). > > Static patterns do not afford us freedom, only DQ, the undifferentiated > aesthetic continuum, can do this. It is up to us to walk the bridge > wisely. 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/
