Well I'd say that's the essence of Ron's question of Bo, Marsha. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:13 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Greetings All, > > Whether the Intellectual Level is SOM, or not, does it affect the question: > How can I live a better life? > > Thoughts? > And I can almost hear Bo's response, about his angst of unknowing relieved in 1978 by THIS VERY INSIGHT.... yeah, I've heard that a couple of times. So, no. I don't need to hear it again. I do appreciate a direct approach to an old question, so thanks for asking. I myself have my own "opinion" which I've shared in the past, that the idea of making the 4th level "intellect" is ludicrous, so I've got my own label-attachment disorder. I think the SOM level is an interesting phenomena that bridges the social third level and the symbolic/artistic/aesthetic/philosophical level of the 4th - shortened to "philosophical" in the true sense of the word - Wisdom married to Love. SOM is the kindergarten of this level. The first bare perception of the self/other dichotomy as significant. I also concur with Pirsig that this level has been present in humanity since humanity has been human. Over all advantage of my viewpoint? Well it's a two-fer, it's logical and It makes me smile. I smile to see Bo mired in the kindergarten of intellectualism, while bemoaning the fact of intellectualism. I realize "makes me smile" isn't a serious answer and depends upon the same silly reasoning I gave to dave when he goes, "why even defend theism? What's in it for you? Why do you like the idea of God?". But I've got a longer answer to the question, if you want it. Love with Wisdom, (or put it conventionally) Philosophically yours, 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/md/archives.html
