Also, that cultural matrix can dissolve. It may dissolve for only a few minutes. The results may not be "insanity" but the cultural matrix never seems as substantial. The entire matrix becomes like a mirage. Authors like RMP, help prepare one for such experiences. Imho.
On Jun 2, 2013, at 4:29 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's a whole lot of gradation between the _label_ sane/insane. And there > is a huge range of cultural differences taught by our cultural matrix. I've > been doing a little reading on the subject of communicational differences by > Deborah Tannen. How this plays out in an email forum where the physical > signals are missing is interesting to consider. > > > > On Jun 2, 2013, at 4:08 AM, Eddo Rats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's these moral codes in combination with the sensation we feel caused by >> the do 's or don't 's conforming to these moral codes that keeps us within >> society, our cultural matrix or Mythos(as Pirsig puts it) Outside this >> Mythos starts the insanity. This system(prison) of moral codes is >> programmed by our social psychological conditioning we're subjected to all >> our lives. It's what you are!! >> >> >> 2013/5/31 MarshaV <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> >>> "There are so many kinds of problem people like Rigel around, he thought, >>> but the ones who go posing as moralists are the worst. Cost-free morals. >>> Full of great ways for others to improve without any expense to themselves. >>> There's an ego thing in there, too. They use the morals to make someone >>> else look inferior and that way look better themselves. It doesn't matter >>> what the moral code is - religious morals, political morals, racist morals, >>> capitalist morals, feminist morals, hippie morals - they're all the same. >>> The moral codes change but the meanness and the egotism stay the same." >>> (RMP, 'LILA', Chapter 7) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 > 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
