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On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:57:10AM -0400, Stephen Miller wrote:
> Here are a few observations that might make for some good discussion.
Great observations.. you bring up some intriguing points.
> 1. Pirsig states that static patterns are comstantly moving towards DQ, but
> 1 one major exception is the "american dream" which seems to call for a
> completely static existence with a steady job, a typical family, and a
> static soceity to live in. What may be the source of the idea that a static
> existence is the key to fulfillment?
I've questioned a lot of people about this and the overwhelming answer is that many
people take solace from chaos by embracing order. Research done by Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi indicates that the consciousness might tend toward a state of
disorder, which he terms "psychic entropy" (which makes sense, consider all of
the tendency of the inorganic, biological, and social levels toward entropy).
Riding a "wave of chaos" has great promise as well as great danger.
> 3. It seems that free will can only take place at the Dynamic level. At the
> biological level people can only follow their emotions, at the societal
> level they can only follow their society, at the intellectual level they can
> only follow facts. Only at the Dynamic level is an individual able to make
> a decision that is not determined by an external force.
Embracing the Dynamic intuitions, then encoding them into static intellectual patterns
(allowing them to constantly evolve) helps draw an arrow toward your dynamic experiences.
This allows others to _experience_ the _freedom_ transmitted by the knowledge. This is
how I view ZATAMM, Lila, and much of this content in this discussion.
--Shaoul
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