I appreciate your concern Ham, but believe me, you don't need to admonish ME toward individualism and eccentricity... Lordy lordy don't even get me started.
There is an ebb and flow to the individual vs. the society that is hard to pin down as "this point here". My Hero Royce claims that it is exactly that dynamic tension between them which creates real individuals and real communities. They define and create each other, always. > If we're talking philosophy and not politics, "emphasis on the 'I'" > certainly does "divide, create conflicts, and reveal differences." But > that, gentlemen, is precisely what a "point of view" does. Individuals are > cognizant points of view, as I said to Krimel, and the Self is the agent of > value. I define individuality as "differentiated value-sensiblity". It > means that each of us has a unique set of value preferences and the freedom > to choose and act accordingly. Which is what makes true unity and agreement of thought SO very important and why we strive for it. When such disparate views harmonize, you know its a "sign" that a higher resonance is in operations. Yeah, and I just lost you there didn't I. I know I lost Krimel. Higher resonances. Just ask your friendly neigborhood palm reader how to get in touch... sigh. To me, it works when it's a high quality idea on every level. That's how I define "resonance". But whatever. > Instead of trying to sweep the knowing Self under the rug, try appreciating > the value of difference in your own life. Realizing and discriminating > between values is what existence is all about. Why are men different than > women? Why is love the opposite of hate? Why is excellence better than > average? Why do we look for beauty and order rather than the gross and > chaotic? > Ok, that part right there about men and women being different. That was another persistent idea while I was driving this weekend... pertaining to a Lila snippet that Marsha quoted on friday before I left. What stuck with me was the memory of a shiver up my back when I first read that passage in Lila. What seemed to happen, was this man went into the female mind and brought back a report on how he himself looked from that viewpoint. I realized thinking behind the wheel that 1) I'd rather type with a broken pinkie than drive with one and 2) The Zuni Shaman with a foot in both worlds and a man percieving what a woman thinks about him is about as majical as we can ever get. And it came to me that Tom Sawyer was a shaman. He didn't embody the victorian values in conflict with Huck's world view. He moved in both worlds and interpreted each to the other. With kindness and compassion. I was like driving and going like, "whoa dude". And Sam Clemens? What a shamanistic journey he takes us on. At the outset he claims to be a tour guide, back to the reality of children and when the children are grown, Mark Twain announces, "Tour's over folks." All great authors are shamanistic. They show us, not the wizard behind the curtain, but our self in others. That is the majic we crave. Aw gee indeed. Idealistically yours, John -- ------------ The self is a point along a dynamic continuum, evolving toward Quality by Choice. ------------ 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/
