I agree. Static is not the best word. SQ is the apparition or expression of Quality through our senses as expressed through our active memory. Most of our experiences throughout the day are not SQ, as mindfulness shows us. Since there is so much it does not become part of our active memory, but remains below that, in the Dynamic reality.
Mark On Sep 15, 2011, at 9:26 PM, MarshaV <val...@att.net> wrote: > > Mark, > > Yes, everything is constantly changing! I imagine that RMP uses the word > 'static' because patterns are ever-changing processes that pragmatically > tend to persist and change within a stable, predictable pattern. > > > Marsha > > > > On Sep 16, 2011, at 12:11 AM, 118 wrote: > >> If everything is ever changing, then what is static? Why did Pirsig use >> that specific word? >> >> Mark >> >> On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:10 AM, MarshaV <val...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello Ham, >>> >>> My understanding of static quality (Value) has always been about process: >>> >>> Static patterns of value are processes: ever-changing, conditionally >>> co-dependent and impermanent. (Not independent objects, subjects >>> or things-in-themselves.) Ever-changing processes that pragmatically >>> tend to persist and change within a stable, predictable pattern. >>> >>> >>> Marsha >>> > > > > ___ > > > 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