Hi Andrea
here is my reading of the story you suggest:
> A very good but poor man spends his life to collect a large amount
> of money, and then with the money he funds a children hospital in Africa....
Given that we all agree that it is good to save childrens...
The SOMish follows the "linear reasoning (past-present-future sequence, cause-effect chains, and so on)" . According to this vision, he has to learn to forecast the future and the cause-effect chains. ONLY a posteriori he will know if his acts are good. No need for a direct involvement: once the cause-effect chain is clear, everyone will be able to achieve the goal. The active subject (the man who has to save the children) , and the passive object (the children to be saved) are separated. If the goal will not be attained, probably that's because there has been a problem in the analysis of the cause-effect chain. :-|
The mystic believes that "there is *no* future, ie, that the concept of future is illusory". So he prays for the children. The children will not be saved..... :-(
The MOQish is NOT mystic. He does not think that the future is illusion, he just think that in order to attain (a future) Quality, one has to be an artist in the present (remember the motorcycle maintenance). His "goal" is neither the hospital, nor the money. The GOOD is his goal, and, that's extremely important, he never feels to be separated from his goal. So, those children are like his kids. The very good immediate value is that he has to care for children, HERE and NOW. He highly considers money collection, building hospitals as possible good means (roads to), well knowing that there's always a better road. Anyway, he will be able to make them fruitful BOTH the dynamic immediate perception of Quality that leads to creativity, AND the aware ability to forecast and consolidate results, that leads to the static latch. BOTH DYNAMIC AND STATIC. :-)
sorry if I've been a little hard to the mystics....
Marco.
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