Rasheed:
'Dharma is the stable condition which gives man perfect satisfaction'
pg. 439
Also, Jung's logic can be applied in a reverse way.
I'll take this in two ways but both ideas are the same.
1) In P2P technology there is a belief that free software isn't reliable.
a beautiful solution:
'Where free software was mischaracterized as unreliable, we set out very
explicitly to demonstrate that everyone counts on open-source programs and
that the peer review process improves reliability and support.' Tim o'Reilly
Peer review: Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow, this leads to
higher reliability.
2) Dharma is duty. It always has a social implication.
It is the maintenance of 'cosmic order' which preserves the world not merely
from physical disorder but from moral chaos.
Society is composed of Dharmas just as a chair is composed of Dharmas.
Peer review: given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow, this leads to
higher reliability.
The solution is not in yourself. The solution is yourself.
Victoria:
Freedom of choice, Freedom to do, Freedom of speech, etc. These are static
intellectual principles. They are good but:
'The danger has always been that the static patterns are mistaken for what
they merely represent and are allowed to destroy the Dynamic Quality they
were originally intended to preserve'.
What is missing in American culture is the idea that these Actions which you
are free to take, eventually become things for other people to interrpret.
Pirsig gets right to the bottom of this mess when he says
'Freedom is escape from something negative'.
Therefore your Actions must seen as solutions. They always have a social
implication. They are your duty!
You said something beautiful in your last post.
'Further, I have the right (the obligation) to pass on my values to my
children so that they make better choices and not be mindless sheep
following static values'
This is what I mean.
Jeremy Kirouac
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