> Existence is value-conscious at various levels, but nowhere does
> any "awakening to awareness" (in the SOM sense) take place.
> Allusions of aware atoms has been made ...and surely matter is
> inorganic-value-aware! At the next level awareness has grown to
> include biological value, but no organism is aware of anything else
> than biological value - that goes for the human body too. Social
> consciousness makes existence aware of three values - and
> behaviour becomes accordingly complex. Finally intellectual value
> which boosts existence another notch on the consciousness
> ladder ....
>
> (This is so important that I must begin a new paragraph. Wish I
> were able to enrich, italize, underline and colour the following
> because it contains my CREDO:)
>
> * * * * * * * *
> ....to the point of seeing itself as a subject (with a mind), but
> understand that this value level is merely the S/O DIVIDE. Mere! Of
> course not, it's a gigantic leap (like all value increments befor it),
> but still an illusion in which existence has been suspended ever
> since ...until Pirsig came along that is.
Many thanks for this, Bo. Most helpful summary.
I know there has been consideration of a fifth level here and elsewhere.
Could you summarize how you see that question?
Lawry
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