[MD] Step one once again

2014-12-11 Thread Jan Anders Andersson
All (or those of you that have read and understand LILA) For the understanding of the pattern of 4 levels and how they differ I found an interesting article. This is about step one, the step between level one and two, the inorganic, into the organic.

Re: [MD] Step one once again

2014-12-11 Thread Blodgett, Nikolas
Interesting, I was thinking about two related things the other day - what someone called 'vibrational tuning' theory, and energy gaining when you add this dissipation-driven adaptive organization theory of England's .. entropy = movement to dissipation can be seen as increase in complexity

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-11 Thread Dan Glover
Dave, On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:39 PM, david dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Dan said: I don't know, Dave. I think there are observations being made that non-DNA based lifeforms are possible: Synthetic biologists have discovered that six other molecules can could store genetic information and

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-10 Thread Ian Glendinning
Thanks Horse, I wasn't being contentious - the universe is big (in time and space) so no reason to exclude any forms of life beyond our myopic ken, in a truly metaphysical view - Not just organic in the well known carbon-based / DNA-based sense , but organic as in like a (living) organism.

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2014-02-10 Thread david
Dan said: I don't know, Dave. I think there are observations being made that non-DNA based lifeforms are possible: Synthetic biologists have discovered that six other molecules can could store genetic information and pass it on. A host of alternative nucleic acids have been made in labs over

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-09 Thread david
Horse said to dmb: I agree with much of what you say but it's still very important to remember that DNA-based life is no more than one possible way for life to exist and that it involves an environment and a context. Not having experienced something (or maybe mis-interpreting something that we

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-09 Thread Dan Glover
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:28 PM, david dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Horse said to dmb: I agree with much of what you say but it's still very important to remember that DNA-based life is no more than one possible way for life to exist and that it involves an environment and a context. Not

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-09 Thread Ron Kulp
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2014, at 1:28 PM, david dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Horse said to dmb: I agree with much of what you say but it's still very important to remember that DNA-based life is no more than one possible way for life to exist and that it involves an

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-08 Thread Jan Anders Andersson
Hi Gents, (any Ladies?) In our work to refine the metaphysics of Quality I think we must use the element of time here. Actually, we are talking about step two, as step one should be the first step from where there where no Organic patterns at all, before the first change, into the moment after

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-08 Thread Adrie Kintziger
Jan Anders, quote A tree for example is using the magnetism between water molecules to pump it up into the top of the tree. rootpressure osmotic

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2014-02-07 Thread Horse
Hi Dave I agree with much of what you say but it's still very important to remember that DNA-based life is no more than one possible way for life to exist and that it involves an environment and a context. Not having experienced something (or maybe mis-interpreting something that we do

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-02 Thread Horse
Hi Dave At the risk of misinterpreting what Ian's saying, I think what he means is that, as a generalisation, 'life' is the next step up from 'matter'! What we know as life is based around the double helix and involves DNA, genes, proteins etc. but this is only one possible way that life may

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2014-02-02 Thread david
Horse said to dmb: At the risk of misinterpreting what Ian's saying, I think what he means is that, as a generalisation, 'life' is the next step up from 'matter'! What we know as life is based around the double helix and involves DNA, genes, proteins etc. but this is only one possible way

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Andre 1 feb 2014 kl. 08:45 skrev Andre andrebroer...@gmail.com: J-A: How can we describe the difference between moral 1, the inorganic, and moral 2 the organic? Andre: My guess is that the inorganic level is 'informed' by the morals of the laws of (quantum)physics, My guess is

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread Andre
Ian: The distinction between levels 1 and 2 is life - not necessarily organic life, or DNA-based organic life, that just happens to be the most-obvious form in the circumstances of human history. Andre: Can you enlighten us with your knowledge of life that is not 'necessarily organic life'

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread Andre
J-A: Yes, we all know that, but what is the difference? What was it that triggered this shift? DQ of course, but how did it happen? The basic cause for step one? Andre: Life is heading away from patterns, from whatever laws we may invent to explain them. As Lennon sang; 'Life is what happens

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread david
Ian said: The distinction between levels 1 and 2 is life - not necessarily organic life, or DNA-based organic life, that just happens to be the most-obvious form in the circumstances of human history. Andre replied: Can you enlighten us with your knowledge of life that is not 'necessarily

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread John Carl
JA By inspiration from Andre I'll suggest that we start a discussion about how to define the difference between level one, the inorganic and level two, the organic. I couldn't find any consistent thread in the Archives. It's a huge difference - the difference between life and death, eh?

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-02-01 Thread John Carl
dmb, On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 3:50 PM, david dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: I see we're on the same schedule since you posted this 7 mins ago. And btw, we agree on somethings because tomorrow my whole mantra will be go broncos. fuck seattle. Ian said: The distinction between levels 1 and 2 is

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Nice work Andre. Selfperpetuating sounds as an elementary difference. Where does these annotations comw from? 30 jan 2014 kl. 18:16 skrev Andre andrebroer...@gmail.com: Jan-Anders: By inspiration from Andre I'll suggest that we start a discussion about how to define the difference

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Ian Glendinning
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail ? Or (for dmb), can you tell the green slime from your feet of clay ? The distinction between levels 1 and 2 is life - not necessarily organic life, or DNA-based organic life, that just happens to be the most-obvious form in the circumstances of

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Well Ian, Lila is an inquiry about morals. Please notice the last letter s. That means that RMP was pointing at more than one moral level. So what are the moral like at level 1 and at level 2? Just curious but still serious Jan-Anders 31 jan 2014 kl. 14:23 skrev Ian Glendinning

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Ian Glendinning
Jan Anders Huh? Obviously I know. Andre's question was about the first step, between 1 and 2 Ian On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Jan-Anders Andersson janander...@telia.com wrote: Well Ian, Lila is an inquiry about morals. Please notice the last letter s. That means that RMP was pointing at

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
Yes, what, exactly, is, the difference between level 1 and level 2. Step one if you think entering the organic level is the first. Some might argue that this would be step two as it takes one step to get on the bus. How can we describe the difference between moral 1, the inorganic, and moral 2

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-31 Thread Andre
J-A: How can we describe the difference between moral 1, the inorganic, and moral 2 the organic? Andre: My guess is that the inorganic level is 'informed' by the morals of the laws of (quantum)physics, My guess is that the organic level is 'informed' by the morals of the laws of nature.

[MD] Step one

2014-01-30 Thread Andre
Jan-Anders: By inspiration from Andre I'll suggest that we start a discussion about how to define the difference between level one, the inorganic and level two, the organic. I couldn't find any consistent thread in the Archives. Andre: 'Everything that has not been created by life (defined as

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-30 Thread david
dmb says: As I understand it, the distinction between organic and inorganic is something everyone already understands. It's not something Pirsig invented. It's just the difference between Adam and the clay from which he was formed. It's the difference between rocks and trees, between ants and

Re: [MD] Step one

2014-01-30 Thread Jan Anders Andersson
We all her know that it is a difference, Adam and the clay is way of a romantic expression of the difference but how should a classical person describe it? A precise definition of the difference might be useful when we are talking to a complete novice for example. Inorganic patterns have a

[MD] Step one

2014-01-29 Thread Jan-Anders Andersson
By inspiration from Andre I'll suggest that we start a discussion about how to define the difference between level one, the inorganic and level two, the organic. I couldn't find any consistent thread in the Archives. Jan-Anders Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-26 Thread MarshaV
dmb, Step one is understanding the way intellectual static patterns of value function. This was demonstrated best by the reifying of the illusionary fiercest rivals. It is such a conceptual habit it cannot even be properly recognized. And of course there is that arrogant but imaginary

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-26 Thread MarshaV
Oh, but maybe the reification of fiercest rivals was more a social pattern based on strong ambition, passion or arrogance. On Oct 26, 2010, at 4:44 AM, MarshaV wrote: dmb, Step one is understanding the way intellectual static patterns of value function. This was demonstrated

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread MarshaV
Greetings, I am not saying that the Intellectual Level is populated by subjects and objects; it is populated with patterns of value. I am describing the way intellectual static patterns of value FUNCTION. Marsha On Oct 24, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread Andre Broersen
Platt to Mark: In the Metaphysics of Quality, the source of concepts such as SOM is Dynamic Quality. DQ is the source of all things. Andre: I stand corrected here Platt but this does not seem quite right. Yes, as Phaedrus puts it in ZMM 'The Quality event is the cause of the subjects and the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread MarshaV
Andre, Your reference is, of course, to ZMM which doesn't not present a metaphysics, static patterns of value, Intellectual or otherwise, or a hierarchical, evolutionary structure. Marsha On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:35 AM, Andre Broersen wrote: Platt to Mark: In the Metaphysics of

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread Andre Broersen
Mark to Andre: I am sorry you feel that way. I am more than happy to leave politics out of this. Andre: And I am glad you didn't take my suggestion too seriously. I do not want to see anyone off this discuss who expresses a genuine interest in the MOQ as a whole. Mark: Now Andre, if you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread plattholden
On 25 Oct 2010 at 9:35, Andre Broersen wrote: Platt to Mark: In the Metaphysics of Quality, the source of concepts such as SOM is Dynamic Quality. DQ is the source of all things. Andre: I stand corrected here Platt but this does not seem quite right. Yes, as Phaedrus puts it in ZMM 'The

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-25 Thread Andre Broersen
Platt (and Marsha) to Andre: You may be right, of course, but as I see it there was no metaphysics of subject and objects before Pirsig identified it as such. Further, SOM is a fall out of DQ, like all value patterns are. Finally, Pirsig's identification and observations about the nature of SOM

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2010-10-25 Thread 118
Thanks Andre, That makes sense, I'll have to chew on it. Mark On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Mark to Andre: I am sorry you feel that way. I am more than happy to leave politics out of this. Andre: And I am glad you didn't take my suggestion

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2010-10-25 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
The way i'm reading his interventions, is that they are based on the case-evidence, the material that is availiable ie ; Turners reflections, Mc Watt's work, DMB'S abstractions, Dan's interpretations,all the surrounding material like interviews, William James his work and the use of this as a tool

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2010-10-25 Thread david buchanan
Mark asked Andre: Where does SOM come from? I am not asking for a definition, I am asking for a process. What are the causal events that bring about SOM? Andre: I have answered this, hopefully to your satisfaction, in my recent reply to Platt. Phaedrus is much better at a proper formulation

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2010-10-25 Thread X Acto
Dan, Dave, An excellent explanation, It should be placed within the site somehow of moQ.org as a contextual touchstone for discussions. a treat to read. Thanks -Ron Hello everyone On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:32 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: Mark asked Andre:

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Horse
Yes I do Marsha - I also post as the Moderator/Administrator of MD Apart from that though, I only post as Horse. Posting as another identity is not generally a problem as long as there is no devious or deceitful intent. However, if I find that someone is posting to get around a ban or to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Yes, the definition, always good to have in a discussion.  The angle that I have been pursuing is one of boundary.  We know what SOM is by definition.  When is it that something enters into the SOM

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread 118
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Yes, the definition, always good to have in a discussion. The angle that I have been pursuing is one of boundary. We know

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Horse
Mark As Dan says, you haven't, apparently, been around long enough yet to grasp what's going on here and his suggestion that you consult the archives, Anthony's work etc. is very apt. What Dan has said is plain good sense and is said without being rude unlike your reply. Cheers Horse

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Andre Broersen
Mark to Dan: Well, then, my only response is: Go back to your master, you effing rottweiler! You want it your way, there's a nice big bowl of dog food waiting for you under the table, snarf it up, it will make you happy. Stop your pathetic snarling on these airwaves! Don't come back until

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread MarshaV
Moi? This Cartesian 'Me,' this autonomous little homunculus who sits behind our eyeballs looking out through them in order to pass judgment on the affairs of the world, is just completely ridiculous. This self-appointed little editor of reality is just an impossible fiction that

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread 118
Hi Andre, I am sorry you feel that way. I am more than happy to leave politics out of this. My posts have been in response to questions posed to me. I can certainly not respond, and will do so. I provided some questions to Dan concerning SOM. If you thought my response was not appropriate

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread X Acto
main branches of Buddhism.[1]   - Original Message From: david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Sent: Sat, October 23, 2010 1:35:36 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Step One This threefold dependence is not intuitively obvious, for it is concealed by the appearance

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Yes, the definition, always good to have in

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread 118
Hi Dan, Thanks. My apologies, I will take a few deep breaths before I respond in the future. I will certainly do my best to get current. As something of a newcomer, I will ask questions. My questions to you in the post concerning your dismissal of Marsha, which you responded to, were sincere.

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:09 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Thanks.  My apologies, I will take a few deep breaths before I respond in the future.  I will certainly do my best to get current.  As something of a newcomer, I will ask questions. My questions to you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread Platt Holden
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 7:09 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: In order for me to understand MOQ I believe an understanding of the terms is necessary, some thought that goes into the source of concepts such as SOM. Things arise for a reason. In my recent response to A from Sweden, I

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-24 Thread 118
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Dan Glover daneglo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 6:09 PM, 118 ununocti...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Thanks. My apologies, I will take a few deep breaths before I respond in the future. I will certainly do my best to get

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2010-10-24 Thread 118
Hi Horse, Thanks for the reminder, and I do consult the archives. I just sent a professional response to Dan thanking him for the information. Perhaps you could direct me to certain critical subject headings that you feel would help me out. I will await your response. Thanks again, Mark

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi Andre, [Andre previously in an attack on Marsha, most expletives removed, but caution!]: Let me put it another way: the inorganic level is a station through which the organic level is made possible ( yes, by all means use a railway station). The organic level is a station through which the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 22, 2010, at 12:44 PM, 118 wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:42 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:03 PM, 118 wrote: Marsha: I never stated that the

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:16 PM, 118 wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: inferred that you were reasoning that Quality was analogous to not this, not that. Clearly I was mistaken. You were simply stating that

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Correct interrupted to be interpreted. On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:16 PM, 118 wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: inferred that you were reasoning that Quality was analogous to not this, not that. Clearly I was

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread Andre Broersen
Mark to Andre: Yes, Andre, this is a bottoms up approach. I am not sure I agree with it. How is flux stable? Andre: Yes Mark, you did well to place loads of question marks to this post as, having re-read, it is very poorly written. Please just disregard it as I think that similar issues

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Hi Mark, Here is how I interpret, based on how they function, the Intellectual (SOM) Level: The Intellectual Level, the fourth level, is comprised of static patterns of value such as theology, mathematics, science and philosophy. The way that these patterns function is as reified concepts

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2010-10-23 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
Yes, ! 'Quality is not a thing. It is an event...Quality is the event at which awareness of both subjects and objects is made possible. Thx for rolling this one in, Andre, will make me feel better again, I had a bad day. Adrie. 2010/10/23 Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.com Mark to Andre:

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2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi Andre, Some comments below for discussion. On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Mark to Andre: Yes, Andre, this is a bottoms up approach. I am not sure I agree with it. How is flux stable? Andre: Yes Mark, you did well to place loads of

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2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found the following web page on decontexualization. http://www.unm.edu/~devalenz/handouts/decontext2.html Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: Hi Mark, Here is how I

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:55 PM, 118 wrote: Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found the following web page on decontexualization. http://www.unm.edu/~devalenz/handouts/decontext2.html Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, MarshaV

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Hi Mark, I didn't think much of of the web pages. For me decontextualize means removing and isolating a process from it's interdependencies to make it an object of analysis. Marsha On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:55 PM, 118 wrote: Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found

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2010-10-23 Thread Andre Broersen
Marsha to Mark: The Intellectual Level, the fourth level, is comprised of static patterns of value such as theology, mathematics, science and philosophy. The way that these patterns function is as reified concepts and the rules for their rational analysis and manipulation. Reification

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread david buchanan
. Parrots squawk and peoples think. Echo's fate and Narcissus' link. Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:55:34 -0700 From: ununocti...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found the following web page on decontexualization

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found the following web page on decontexualization. http://www.unm.edu/~devalenz/handouts/decontext2.html Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, MarshaV

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
. Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:55:34 -0700 From: ununocti...@gmail.com To: moq_disc...@moqtalk.org Subject: Re: [MD] Step One Hi Marsha, Thanks for your help in my search. I found the following web page on decontexualization. http://www.unm.edu/~devalenz/handouts/decontext2.html

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread Horse
Marsha, I think you've had more than your two posts a day regarding the SOL. As a reminder to folks on this list, SOM as the Intellectual Level (SOL) is restricted to a maximum of two posts per day per member. Please bear this in mind. Horse On 23/10/2010 18:52, MarshaV wrote: Greetings,

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Greetings Horse, I am not discussing the SOL, it my view of the Intellectual Level based on reification. I don't believe Bo ever used the word reification. Marsha On Oct 23, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Horse wrote: Marsha, I think you've had more than your two posts a day regarding the SOL.

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2010-10-23 Thread Horse
However you word it Marsha, SOM as the Intellectual level is SOL. Whether it's by the front or the back door. Two posts a day. That's the limit, please observe it. Horse On 23/10/2010 19:00, MarshaV wrote: Greetings Horse, I am not discussing the SOL, it my view of the Intellectual Level

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2010-10-23 Thread Andre Broersen
Mark to Andre: Sorry if my command of grammar is not up to snuff. I wouldn't get into a grammar debate if I were you. Yes, it did just come up, you brought it up. I was discussing it, you do not have to discuss it if you care not to, I understand. So, how is flux stable? Andre: Nothing

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2010-10-23 Thread david buchanan
Marsha said: ... Reification decontextualizes. [and] For me decontextualize means removing and isolating a process from it's interdependencies to make it an object of analysis. dmb says: Your use of these terms is very confusing. In fact, it seems you don't really understand what they mean

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Sure Horse, as moderator it is you setting the rules.:-) On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Horse wrote: However you word it Marsha, SOM as the Intellectual level is SOL. Whether it's by the front or the back door. Two posts a day. That's the limit, please observe it. Horse On

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2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
dmb, Yawn... Alan Wallace uses it. He understand. You, I don't expect to understand. Marsha On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:38 PM, david buchanan wrote: Marsha said: ... Reification decontextualizes. [and] For me decontextualize means removing and isolating a process from it's

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2010-10-23 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
woeha!, Andre this was a program brought to you by.. WOEHA! Strange that Mark's Dutch apparently is still sharp enough for 'gebeurtenis' als event,probably he is still having the look and feel in his fingers. stunning quality in your postings , Andre,--quality-driven? 2010/10/23 Andre

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2010-10-23 Thread Andre Broersen
Adrie to Andre: woeha!, Andre this was a program brought to you by.. WOEHA! Strange that Mark's Dutch apparently is still sharp enough for 'gebeurtenis' als event,probably he is still having the look and feel in his fingers. stunning quality in your postings , Andre,--quality-driven?

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2010-10-23 Thread 118
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Andre Broersen andrebroer...@gmail.comwrote: Mark to Andre: Sorry if my command of grammar is not up to snuff. I wouldn't get into a grammar debate if I were you. Yes, it did just come up, you brought it up. I was discussing it, you do not have to

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2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi Marsha, OK, got it. Thanks. The reason I ask into process is that as a scientist I am interested in forming a concept based on transcription, translation, and assembly. As you probably know, this is the genetic model, and, as above so below. That is, DNA to RNA (transcription), RNA to

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2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hey Andrie, Wish I could take credit, but had to ask my Dad. Mark On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:54 AM, ADRIE KINTZIGER parser...@gmail.comwrote: woeha!, Andre this was a program brought to you by.. WOEHA! Strange that Mark's Dutch apparently is still sharp enough for 'gebeurtenis' als

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
Horse, Do you ever post on the MD using a different name, an alias name? Marsha On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Horse wrote: However you word it Marsha, SOM as the Intellectual level is SOL. Whether it's by the front or the back door. Two posts a day. That's the limit, please observe

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread Dan Glover
Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:09 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: You still don't see why your equation doesn't add up? You still don't see the problem with your reasoning? I thought I'd made it impossible to miss, even for you. And what I did was neither a

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi David, I like the post below, except the part where you question another's understanding. (I do it all the time). What is the article you are quoting from? I haven't followed this whole string. I find the paradigm of the absence of inherent existence to be subtle. The four noble truths

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread 118
Hi Dan, Yes, the definition, always good to have in a discussion. The angle that I have been pursuing is one of boundary. We know what SOM is by definition. When is it that something enters into the SOM realm? There seems to be a lot of grey area which you are not describing. When are we

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 24, 2010, at 12:00 AM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:09 PM, david buchanan dmbucha...@hotmail.com wrote: You still don't see why your equation doesn't add up? You still don't see the problem with your reasoning? I thought I'd made it impossible to

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-23 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:38 PM, david buchanan wrote: Marsha said: ... Reification decontextualizes. [and] For me decontextualize means removing and isolating a process from it's interdependencies to make it an object of analysis. dmb says: blah... blah... blah. For you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-22 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:03 PM, 118 wrote: Marsha: I never stated that the MoQ could be described by neti-neti. I was saying to Dan that all this talk it not Quality(Ultimate Truth).

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-22 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: inferred that you were reasoning that Quality was analogous to not this, not that. Clearly I was mistaken. You were simply stating that Quality can not be described with words. OK, I get it. How is it then that you discuss it? Marsha: The point

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-22 Thread 118
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:42 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 21, 2010, at 8:03 PM, 118 wrote: Marsha: I never stated that the MoQ could be described by neti-neti. I

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-22 Thread 118
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:44 AM, 118 wrote: inferred that you were reasoning that Quality was analogous to not this, not that. Clearly I was mistaken. You were simply stating that Quality can not be described with words. OK,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
On Oct 20, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:37 PM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Dan Glover wrote: Hello everyone On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:02 AM, MarshaV val...@att.net wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:30 AM,

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread ADRIE KINTZIGER
As i am reading your production , Jc, it comes in mind that it is clean and crisp. regardless of the content,-it looks straight. I will come clean on some of your questions, even proposals,step by step. so , maybe i will do a part now, i have to work in shifts,and some parts later on. (Adrie)

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread david buchanan
Marsha said to Dan: In Anthony's PhD it states that science, theology, mathematics and philosophy are intellectual quality patterns. So here's my understanding of the Intellectual Level: ...Intellectual patterns process from a subject/object conceptual framework creating false boundaries that

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
dmb, My reasoning is my own based on reading the MoQ literature, Buddhist texts, personal experience and insight through meditation. Your understanding of the MoQ is too shallow, page deep in fact, and not normally worth my consideration. You, too, are one of those who has a hissy-fit if

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
corrected dmb, My reasoning is based on my own reading of the MoQ literature, Buddhist texts, personal experience and insight through meditation. Your understanding of the MoQ is too shallow, page deep in fact, and not normally worth my consideration. You, too, are one of those who has

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread 118
[Dan previously] I can agree with you that when all is said and done, 'not this, not that' rules. [Marsh in response] It is none of these things, not this, not that.. [Mark carefully interrupting] Hi Marsha, I think you are being misleading by saying it is none of these things. In my

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread MarshaV
Hi Mark, On Oct 21, 2010, at 12:55 PM, 118 wrote: [Dan previously] I can agree with you that when all is said and done, 'not this, not that' rules. [Marsh in response] It is none of these things, not this, not that.. [Mark carefully interrupting] Hi Marsha, I think you

Re: [MD] Step One

2010-10-21 Thread Andre Broersen
dmb responding to Marsha and Dan: If we accept Marsha's conclusion, then the MOQ is defined as the very stance it rejects... Andre: Spot on dmb but remember that Marsha (and Platt, Bodvar and Mary) is absolutely convinced that LILA is a SOM document and, ipso fact the MOQ a SOM 'variant' as

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