John, When I first came to this List, someone spoke of creating a life based on the code of art. I wish I could remember who said it. I've never forgotten it. I love to paint, but I try to create my life as if I were creating a painting. It may many times from the drip and smear tradition, regardless, I do try to create it including compassion and love.
Marsha -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Carl Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MD] Emotional Basis of Being "My preference for myself is based on a feeling called the selfish interest. But this interest is emotional; it is not based on my postulation of what is not given as real. To allow my interest in myself to determine my conduct is parallel to the imprudent man's allowing short range consequences to govern him." Josiah Royce "To allow my interest in myself to determine my conduct" is about as close to a good definition of SOM as I can imagine. SOM is that which places the source of values within the self-other matrix. The MoQ puts the self-other matrix within the source of values. There's a handy distinctive way of looking at it. You're welcome. Now, why is this SOM so prevelant? Why does it arise everywhere? I say it's because of it's emotional reality. All emotions are created by a primary social relationship which defines a self and defines an other and gives preference to the "self" side of the equation. Baby is hungry, mom's nipples ache. Out of this basic biological relationship, a social arrangement evolves - a conception of self that is biologically reinforced. Now, reflecting upon this reality and the construction of the levels for the MoQ, I have come to a startling conclusion based upon the insight given to me earlier that there are codes of laws or art which are distinct from the levels, which govern the interaction between levels. The startling conclusion is that Emotions represent the code of artful behaviour between the biological and the social level, and INTELLECT represents the code of art that rules the interaction between the 3rd level and the 4th. Since intellect is the name of the code of art, we have to name the fourth level something different than "intellectual". I propose the naming of the 4th level as "the metaphysical". Thus indicating the transcending essence of Value. There. That explains everything. Now are you happy Bo? 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/
