Ian Was is this 'larger' not fullyin our control yet not entirely beyond it? Would you say? What does DQ provide that SQ does not?
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [MD] On Life and death > David, > > Is "a person" "a pattern", no. > > People are patterns upon patterns upon patterns, ... etc, and some of > those patterns are more or less static than others, static patterns > arise in other more dynamic patterns (resonances / coherences) and not > all those patterns have convenient boundaries at the edge of any one > person. > > The bits we call patterns are simply those more long-lived (more > static) aspects of the things in which they emerge as patterns. > > In Pirsig's words ... > "although the pattern included the flesh and blood of Chris, that was > not all there was to it. The pattern was larger than Chris and myself, > and related us in ways that neither of us understood completely and > neither of us was in complete control of" > > Ian > > > > On 5/4/07, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Arlo >> >> What Pirsig says about life and death is interesting. >> But this idea of 'pattern' needs unpacking. Is a person >> a pattern? > 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/ > 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/
