Hello, all. I just signed up, and this is my first post. I have often
pondered the nature of duality, and so appreciated Kevin's post. I will just
briefly sketch my thoughts, as they arose, while reading this thread.
Whether a real attribute of our inner and outer worlds, or just a mental
construct that facilitates our thinking about these worlds, DUALITY EXISTS.
Does the MoQ strive to resolve dualistic thinking? I don't think that it
strives to do so, but yet it does, in a way...
In ZMM, P. speaks of reading the Tao Te Ching (TTC) and substituting the
word "Quality" for "Tao", and that this fits perfectly. In The TTC, Lao Tzu
describes the Tao as (paraphrasing and amplifying) the mother of heaven and
earth; the original oneness out of which all things arose. Taoist philosophy
(largely based on TTC) expands this idea in the following way: The Tao gives
rise to the Tai Chi (the duality of yin and yang, commonly known as the
Yin-Yang and represented by the familiar design of a circle, 1/2 black-1/2
white, divided down its center by a curving line, and with a dot of white in
the black and vice versa). The Tai Chi is a representation the duality of
the universe--the two equal and opposing energies of yin and yang; it would
be easy to get lost in the profound truth of this duality and to forget that
there is a more profound truth: The oneness from which this duality arose.
The Tao. Or, if you like, Quality. Pirsig wasn't kidding: they really are
interchangable!
Kevin, as to your question about Buddhists' saying that "Life is Suffering",
I believe that (from the little that I know about Buddhism) they are
referring to the fact that they strive to reach enlightenment (Satori), but
that the very fact that they are striving for Satori guarantees that they
will never reach Satori, as to reach this state you have to abandon all
desires. Since this is not possible, for us mortals, then all of life is a
struggle--a suffering--to come as close to the pie without taking a bite.
I was very happy to have found this forum, and will hopefully be
contributing more, with the kind permission of the established members.
Omar Canosa
2/14/07
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