Hi Mark 4 jul 2011 kl. 21.04 Mark wrote:
> It is clear that there are many ways to define Quality, but no way to > describe it. That is, that there is no way to wrap Quality up with > words. The problem with good wrapping, is that it hides what is being > wrapped. And, once wrapped, it is difficult to unwrap without > extensive personal training by the wrapper. The same can be said for > encoding secret messages. > > As a definition amongst many, one can equate Quality with Will. Both > are active nouns, and both imply direction. The quality of things > denotes their appearance. This a world of appearances which means it > is a world of Quality. Will is also expression. Both do not require > for there to be something that is expressed, they arise without cause. > > For clarification, I will present what I mean by Will. Human will is > a primary feature of our being. It is what delivers our > consciousness. It provides drive, resolve, and intent. It creates > direction for each of us, and gives us the propensity to change > direction. It lies outside of determinism, and is often termed > "Free". It gives us the capacity to live outside the boundaries of > determined direction. Besides humans, all things have Will. A river > may express it as a rushing through a valley. A metal may display a > resolve to remain together and not scatter freely. Predators display > a will to catch, and preys are equally willful in escaping. The sun > attempts to pull the planets into itself, and the planets are just as > willful in remaining free, thus resulting in an long game until one > wins. So, that is how I am using will. It is not obstinance, > wishful-thinking, or a promise made. > > The Will to Survive, or the Will to Die are two ends of the same > thing, that is Will. Therefore, Will and Quality are two words for > the same thing. Anything with Will is also with Quality. Anything > with Quality, denotes Will. > > In Chapter 28, Phaedrus is reading about Greek excellence and is > fascinated by "duty to self", this can also be construed as Will. He > goes on to realize that Quality was present before anything. We are > born as Will, there is nothing else, just pure Will. This then begins > to change from the first minute after birth. Where was it before > that? Or as the Buddhist would say, "What did your face look like > before you were born?" > > And, so, I have come to the end of my exposition. Any comments? > > Cheers, > Mark "What did your face look like before you were born?" Not this and not that. :-) More seriously I would search for the lowest common denominator of the 4 levels. Which is Quality. There is a way to direct experience of The Quality: Take a basket ball, use your hand and bounce it to the floor. You can experience how Quality works when you find what force (Will), tempo (pattern) and the joy (pragmatic meaning) is needed to make it happen. Atoms are energy in a kind of bounce with differnet patterns. organic events are another higher kind of bounce. Societies are even more complicated events with enrgy, cultural pattern and Yield. Intellectual bounces are the events of the 4th level. Bounce bounce Jan-Anders 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
