Mark, Many people do harbor a deep-seated sense/belief/assumption/feeling that given an identical situation, they could have chosen to act differently. But the assumption of having a free-will, of being a free agent, is but a pattern, and is not Ultimately Real. imho
Marsha On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:39 AM, 118 wrote: > Let's get serious here. This is an MoQ forum, we should be talking > about the Quality of Free will. I am tired of reading posts that are > either copies, quotes, or plagiarisms of something that was said one > year ago, or two hundred years ago. I can forgive the newcomers, or > the wannabys since they do not know better. But some of these > established Qists who do this deliberately to obfuscate the purpose of > this forum and mislead the reader into thinking that something new is > being developed in this world, is really unforgivable and immoral. If > we are doing an Inquiry into morals, let's at least begin with > ourselves. Is it moral to present something as if it is your own > idea, simply for the purposes of aggrandizement? Is is moral to > mislead and obfuscate for the deliberate purpose of denigrating the > Metaphysics of Quality? If Pirsig were still alive, he would go > quickly back to his grave in disgust. Is there not one of use that > has the Values appropriate for promoting his metaphysics. You guys > (and gals) just make me sick. Who amongst you is willing to rise > above this petty and insignificant posturing? Who amongst you is > ready to stand for something real and enduring. Please do not all > raise your hands at once. And stop cowering under that classroom desk > afraid that I may pick on you. Really!! > > Mark > 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 ___ 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
