On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:49 AM, X Acto <[email protected]> wrote:
Ron: > As I see it, potential must be crafted, it is a skill. As I read Plato's > Socratic > dialogs, I have come to see "love" as Pirsig uses "preference" only the > term love > suggests "desire." To me, Love seems like a more accurate word to use > to describe the pull or drive of evolution or DQ. > > The Buddists say that desire or preference is the root of suffering but if > this is true and the universe is composed of desire then the skill is the > mastery of it, the > tempering of it. Much like Socrates analogy of the charioteers, as one > grows > older and practices this art, it becomes easier to temper. > > It makes for an interesting interpretation of Quality. Desire vs Love: Desire wishes to obtain for the self Love cares about other So "desire is the root of all suffering" and "God is Love" are not mutually exclusive? john c > 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/ > -- ------------ Doing Good IS Being ------------ 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/
