Oh great exalted, judgmental opinionator, Thanks for sharing.
Marsha On Nov 10, 2011, at 1:30 PM, 118 wrote: > Hi Marsha, > I would put it another way. Non-locality is a statistical concept of > matter, and while Quality could be said to have properties of such > statistics, it is not non-local. In my opinion, it is about as local > as something can get, that is, one's personal relationship to the > cosmos. By abstracting Quality, one confines it. To experience > Quality, one embodies it. Instead of putting Quality out there, put > it in here. > > I do not quite understand your application of nonlocality to sunshine > and storm, but it sounds interesting. Like something I would say... > > Patterns present themselves due to Quality. Patterns imply the mixing > of independent sources, at least in a dualistic (or pluralistic > world). A monistic world is determinism and I have no intuitive use > for that. Dependent arising cannot exist alone, it is dependent on > two things plus the nature of their interaction. It has a source, and > that is Quality. Quality is independent; it is the unmoved mover, or > the first cause, or the ground of being, or the essence of a flame. > From the one come the two; from the two come the three; from the three > come all things (just an analogy, of course). The three are > independent so as to create patterns that depend on them, otherwise > patterns would not exist. The Yin, the Yang, and the power of > interaction. Dynamic Quality, static Quality, and Interactive > Quality. This seems to me to be the way that reason can approach > it. If we say that Quality interacts with itself (which is another > approach), the notion of patterns cannot exist. All we can do is > interpret the signs, like making constellations out of the stars. > Outside of reason, It is This not That. Or, as Peter Gabriel wrote in > "It" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis 1974) > > When it's cold, it comes slow. > it is warm, just watch it grow. > -all around me. > it is here. it is now. > > Just a little bit of it can bring you up or down. > Like the supper it is cooking in your hometown. > it is chicken, it is eggs, > it is in between your legs. > it is walking on the moon, > leaving your cocoon. > > it is the jigsa, it is purple haze. > it never stays in one place, but it's not a passing phase, > it is in the single's bar, in the distance of the face, > it is in between the cages, it is always in a space > it is here. it is now. > > Any rock can be made to roll, > If you've enough of it to pay the toll. > it has no home in words or goal, > Not even in your favourite hole. > it is the hope for the dope. > When you ride the horse without a hoof. > it is shaken, not stirred; > Cocktails on the roof. > > When you eat right through it you see everything alive, > it is inside spirit, with enough grit to survive > If you think it's pretentious, you've been taken for a ride. > Look across the mirror, before you chose decide > it is here. it is now > > Thanks, > Mark > > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:31 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Quality may be compared to quantum physics's nonlocality. Static quality >> exists in stable patterns relative to other patterns. Patterns have no >> independent existence; >> >> the nonlocality between sunshine and storm >> ___ 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
