Hi Platt, > Hi Mary, > > Right you are. Pirsig agrees. The MOQ uses SOM intellect "to make > itself > known," but the "central reality of the MOQ is not an object or subject > or > anything else. It is understood by direct experience only and not by > reasoning > of any kind." SOM intellect "doesn't tell us anything about the essence > of the > MOQ." (LS,132) > > Thus, quagmires like recursion that spring from the limitations of SOM > are > irrelevant to understanding the MOQ. Rather, the essence of the MOQ is > apprehended this way: > > "Like the empty sky it has no boundaries > Yet it is right here ever serene and clear. > When you seek to attain it, you cannot see it. > You cannot take hold of it. > But neither can you lose it. > > -- Yung-chia >
What you say here and quote here is very lovely. It is true that recursion is a problem if you are trying to shoehorn Value, Morals, and Quality into concepts, but as you say, all this dissolves when we see the _inadequacy_ of the intellect to comprehend. Best, Mary 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
