Quoting Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > > Hardly a goal to be achieved because I can't help > > but experience it even if I wanted to. DQ is direct > experience. > > yeah, I was just commenting on how you said > instead of intellect, one should experience dq > (quality). You made these separate by saying a divide > exists between them. I don't agree with the way you > define 'divide'. You say focus on quality. I say > your talking about dq when you refer to direct > experience, for quality includes intellect, too > (though static quality). Intellect is NOT separate > from quality. Intellect is static quality, and yes, I > agree dq is not a goal, and is direct experience. If > you are not defining 'divide' as separate, then I > misunderstood you. If you are saying 'divide' as in > pointing out how intellect is a different aspect of > quality and direct experience experience is another > aspect of quality, then I agree. By different aspect, > I'm referring to how one may understand quality by > coming from a the direction of static and one may > understand quality by coming from another direction > called dynamic.
One understands Quality as experience prior to intellectualizing. > [SA previously] > > > A rock is not paradoxical when a rock is > > distinct > > > and still left untouched as 'rock is dq'. > > [Platt] > > A rock is not dq. Rocks don't experience. Rocks are > > senseless aggregates > > or heaps, like a pile of dirt. > > So, rocks aren't reality. What are rocks, some > kind of Vulcan vortex world that helps water flow. As > much as you may try to define a rock, why not let a > rock be untouched by your definition. OK by me. You were the one that defined rock as dq. > [SA previously] > > > I don't use S/O to define intellect and > > > thus, discuss intellect. A tree is brown. Show > > me an S and O in this intellectual statement. > > [Platt] > > The subject (S) in the objective statement (O) "A > > tree is brown" is the person > > making the assertion. > > Let go of your ego, and let the tree be brown > without YOU having to make yourself believe you have > to make that assertion. My ego isn't involved. It was you who asserted "A tree is brown." But since you brought it up, my tree happens to be greenish-yellow. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
