Hi Mark, I think it better put that the feminine represents interconnectedness, while the masculine represents the linear.
Marsha On Aug 2, 2011, at 3:55 PM, 118 wrote: > In Part 1, I provided some thoughts on the use of words to better > describe Quality. I suggested that the use of an antonym may be more > useful than a synonym. In my latest addition to that thread, I > proposed that the opposite of Quality is The Absurd. Therefore > Quality is synonymous with Meaning. > > As with any use of the Tao in metaphysics, a question of balance is > appropriate. The Tao is presented by two dolphins of opposite colors > swimming against each other. The seed for the opposite force is > depicted as respective eyes of the other. This counter balance of > creation and destruction provides a platform for analyzing MoQ. If we > balance Quality with Nothingness, we can assign Quality the Yin and > its antonym the Yang. Traditionally the Yin is the feminine > counterpart to the masculine. As such it is giving and forgiving. > The Yang is taking and unforgiving. In truth, meaning provides much > of the former, and its opposite is indeed destructive. > > So if we use this as context for further evaluation, we can analyze > how this balance is presented. Quality must indeed be balanced as any > other force must. Nobody can be entirely good, but must be balanced > with some bad. The right with the wrong, and the beautiful with the > ugly. It is this counter measured interface which brings all > relationalism to fruition. > > Many (including Lao Tsu) have stressed the importance of this > relationship in all things. However, I would beg to differ that this > is indeed the appropriate analogy. Instead, I would like to present > the concept of Anchoring. We can still work with two, although the > stability of such a thing is questionable. However, for the sake of > simplicity I will do just that. Imagine if you will an arch which has > one foot in bad and one foot in good. Depending where one is on that > arch, will determine how ones self is understood at that particular > time. If one is in the white, then the anchor of black is far away. > If one has high quality, then his relevance is indeed good. > > To invoke another analogy I came up with on a long drive, I will ask > one to imagine one of those car games that I used to play. Quite > simply it is a small dish with a transparent cover. Within this toy > are little metallic balls. The object of the game is to tilt the dish > so as to have the balls drop into the small circular recesses. Does > that present a picture? So now we go to task on sinking all those > balls so that none of them move. We want to tackle the hardest ones > first since that make the game easier. Once those are complete we > turn to the easier ones. > > OK, now back to Quality in the Balance. We have both Quality and > Emptiness as two balls on a smooth surface each seeking an anchor. > The easiest one is Emptiness since there is nothing there. Once > stabilized, we can anchor Quality. Once both are anchored we can then > present such a system as being in balance. Every time the Quality > ball comes loose, it must be counter-balanced by the ball of > purposelessness. It is this dynamic that can be used to describe the > universe of existence vs nonexistence. When we increase the number of > balls to three, the excercise becomes more difficult, but the final > result is more stable. The optimal number of forces to invoke is > three, since any more does not add anything to our picture. > > I am not sure if this is helpful, but I am more than happy to answer > any questions, or engage in any debate. > > Cheers, > 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
