Hi Carrie, First, the personality upgrade is working out. I'm surprised, actually, that it was this easy. My wife really likes it and I'm getting along with my daughter better.
I should have done it years ago. I know what you mean about D-Q. It's a depressing situation. Yet I don't think of it as a noble idea coming to the end. I think of it as a potentially great institution that is open to guidance and change, given the proper metaphysical guidance. So we'll see how that goes. As to letting whatever plops up in your head being your guide, in many ways I think that is exactly what this list needs. We've got over-thinkers by the score. Go for it and let the chips fall, that's my motto. Take care, John On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Carrie Lopez <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi John, > > I've seen the signs pointing to DQ on my way outta town to the coast via > the > back ways, but I've never really thought about it much. I looked it up in > wiki and google and such and it seems an interesting story, albeit a story > that's coming to a close. > > I hope I don't disappoint with the "quality" of my questions. I don't > really think them through, just blurt whatever pops into my head at the > moment. > > So far in the quest for "reasons for the moq discuss, I like yours the > best! > I think we all are looking for that connecting link to the center of our > selves. > > Rest assured all, that other than that I have no particular axe to grind. > I am intrigued by a person voluntarily going through a "personality > upgrade". How is it working out so far? > > Carrie > > > > Carrie > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:48 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings Carrie. A fellow Californian. Woo hoo! And right next door > to > > DQ too. Have you ever had any relationship with that place or heard of > it > > at all? > > > > I have a question about this list which is do you guys see yourself as > > > having any purpose in the long run? Like promoting Pirsig's views in > > > society? Or is it mainly centered around socializing and conversation? > > Or > > > is it more answering questions? > > > > > > I hope answering questions is good because I have quite a few! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Carrie > > > > > > Well questions are good, intelligent questions better and piercing, > > penetrating questions the best of all. > > > > If I had to sum up my reason for "being here", I'd say it's on the last > > page > > of my lila - I wrote about it recently in the archives but I'll just > > re-post the real relevant part to emphasize it as the best summation of > why > > I'm here. > > > > "Now Phardrus remembered when he had gone to the reservation after > > Dusenberry's death and told them he was a friend of Dusenberry's they had > > answered, "Oh, yes, Dusenberry. He was a *good* man. > > > > They always put their emphasis on the *good*, just as John had with the > > dog. > > > > When the Indians used good, they meant it as the center of existence and > > that Dusenberry, in his nature, was an embodiment or incarnation of this > > center of life. > > > > Maybe when Phaedrus got this metaphysics all put together people would > see > > that the value-centered reality it described wasn't just a wild thesis > off > > into some new direction but was a connecting link to the center of > > themselves." > > > > > > Welcome then Carrie, to the connecting link of the center of yourself. > > > > Woo hoo indeed. > > > > John > > 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/ > 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/
