Hello Marsha,
> Does the MoQ exist as an object separate from the multiple versions
> of Pirsig's original idea held in the constellations of SPoV that
> represent individuals?
I don't understand what you're saying. Can you break this down for me?
Are you saying the MoQ does not exist objectively?
> I don't think so. Even if it were chiseled in marble, there would be
> different interpretations, different understandings, different situations.
Right. The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon. The MoQ points to
Quality. And we point to the MoQ. But we also point to Quality. So the
MoQ is one of many fingers pointing to Quality. And so if the MoQ is to
mean anything to anybody it must differentiate itself from the other pointing
fingers, road maps and signs and say this is this and that is that. And it
does. It says Quality is the source of everything and objective reality is like
a hierarchy of four discrete levels - inorganic, biological, social and
intellectual - where information is directional moving from higher levels to
lower levels.
> I think that would be true between a multiple of individuals, and within one
> individual over a period of time. To me, static doesn't mean absolutely
> rigid.
I'd go so far to say that which is static is an illusion. Dynamic is all there
really is. And I'd say that this perspective is consistent with the MoQ.
> So how do you experience your emotions?
In my body, in my mind and beyond my feelings and thoughts. At the start
of a 9 mile hike last Sunday I felt the joy of being among friends, nature's
beauty and the warmth of the sun.
> How do emotions move your mind?
I agree with Tolle. I am not my thoughts or my feelings or my body or my
intellect. My thoughts and my feelings and my body and my intellect
inform me who I am but they do not define me. For me, what defines me
are my relationships.
> It seems to me it's not so much what the MoQ states, as it is
> how emotions vibrate the individual. Has your understanding of the
> MoQ altered your emotional experience (all, or some)?
>From one of the more prominent perspectives in my life a better question
would be, have I been affected in my search to find meaning in the MoQ?
The answer would have to be yes. But I don't credit or blame the MoQ.
Again, I am defined by my relationships. What would it mean to have a
relationship with a concept?
> If there's been a change, has it been for the 'better'?
Better for me? It's all good.
> Are these legitimate questions to ask oneself about the MOQ? Is it a
> world view, or philosophy, that improves the quality of your life? My
> answer is YES, most definitely yes.
I can appreciate and respect your perspective. For me the MoQ is one of
many perspectives for finding meaning and making sense of the world,
ourselves, our relationships and life. It's good. But I don't consider it the
best.
Kevin
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