Hello everyone On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:24 PM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> "Dynamic Quality is defined constantly by everyone. Consciousness can be >>>> described is a process of defining Dynamic Quality. But once the definitions >>>> emerge, they are static patterns and no longer apply to Dynamic Quality. >>>> So one can say correctly that Dynamic Quality is both infinitely definable >>>> and undefinable because definition never exhausts it." >>>> (Lila's Child) >>>> >>>> "Moreover, Nagarjuna (1966, p.251) shares Pirsig’s perception that the >>>> indeterminate (or Dynamic) is the fundamental nature of the conditioned >>>> (or static)..." >>>> (MoQ Textbook) >>>> >>>> "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Form is not other than emptiness; >>>> emptiness is not other than form." >>>> (Heart Sutra) >>>> >>>> Marsha: >>>> Static quality is not other than Dynamic Quality; Dynamic Quality is not >>>> other than static quality. >>>> >>> >>> >>>>>>> Dan: >>>>>>> Seeing static patterns of quality as ever-changing >>>>>>> and impermanent seems to go against Robert Pirsig's notion that it is >>>>>>> best to find a balance between Dynamic Quality and static quality. >>> >>> Marsha: >>> Dan, maybe this is RMP's notion of balance; to know sq/DQ as the same. >> >> Dan: >> "But once the definitions emerge, they are static patterns and no >> longer apply to Dynamic Quality." [RMP] >> >> So if static quality and Dynamic Quality are known as the same, why >> does Robert Pirsig say once definitions emerge they do not apply to >> Dynamic Quality? If they were known as the same, wouldn't the opposite >> be said to be true? >> > > Marsha: > I suppose humans have evolved to rely on static patterns for their survival. > > Why does Orion predominate the starry night sky?
Dan: Do you think Orion is actually out there? >Marsha: > Only RMP can explain with certainty what he meant. But I agree with him that > the definition no longer applies to DQ. Dan: Ah! Thank you, Dan http://www.danglover.com 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
