Ron wrote: "... The passions are rejected. Pirsig, on the other hand, seems
to place more importance on emotion and feeling as a guiding principle
toward intellect."
To shift Ron's meaning a bit, I wonder if the forum members would
agree that Pirsig places importance on emotion and feeling as a guiding
principle toward Dynamic Quality? Further, I would like to broach the
subject of how one goes about seeking Dynamic Quality (DQ) in one's life.
Let us hope that there are easier paths than insanity to reach DQ insights
:)
I must say that I have benefitted, not from my own cutting edge
thoughts, but have only been able to add quality to my life through the work
of others. I have gained most of my insights into the static and DQs of the
world through reading. There is so much great knowledge in the world, but so
few instruction books on how to effectively apply it to one's life. As a
teacher, I see so much missing in this regard.... OK, I know I want more DQ
in my life, but how do I go about getting it?
So, I hope that other members of the MOQ Forum will share any of the
methods they have developed which allow them access to DQ insights that have
bettered their lives.
My best contribution comes from, I think, Warren Buffet, who is said
to be one of the greatest investors of our time. One could call him a
philosopher of investing. He and his partner, Charlie Munger have some good
insights in to Life, as well. Buffet talked about his "intuition", the
source of that "intuition", and those feelings that led him to his great
successes. He said, to paraphrase, "that intuition without great and
hard-won experience is guessing and, more than not, runs you upon the rocks.
Intuition becomes the leap of insight that is of value (DQ?) only after
great study and experience." Why? I think it touches upon the idea that
genius, in one form, is the ability to rearrange what is known and with a
leap of insight, create a new and better form, something not imagined
before. One's mind has nothing to work with unless it has been filled with
the wisdom and insights that have come before. Additionally, Charlie Munger
added that, in this day of specialization, the more fields one accomplishes
oneself in, perhaps the greater possibility of a synergy resulting in a new
and better transmutation...a transformative insight moving us from static to
DQ.
I would offer meditation as a path to DQ, but I have terrible
discipline when it comes to sitting and also believe that Attention Deficit
Disorder keeps my meditations down to about a minute and a half. Has anyone
had better luck with any of the Eastern disciplines to attain increased DQ
in their lives, a path, I think, Pirsig alludes to.
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