Thanks Platt, a very nice quote (I too am curious about who's Nasafi).
Mary wrote:
> Since Pirsig says that everything fits into one of the 4 levels, and a spirit
>
> world doesn't seem to, does that imply that the spirit world resides somehow
> within DQ? Where would that be? Is the nature of DQ a spirit?
I'm sorry the mail server has been down most of today and I have a little time
left to reply to this one. Anyway, briefly, Mary: the 4 levels are a way to
describe how are *static patterns of value* related to each other, to classify
them, etc. (Pure) experience, DQ, and so on, don't fit in. It is (IMO) highly
misleading to say that "everything fits in the 4 levels", unless with that you
mean "everything in this world around me", which could be considered more or
less the same as "every static pattern".
About the word "spirit": my usual way of dealing with such esoteric concepts,
which are well-know to be vague, underdefined, and generally dangerous for the
free thinker, is a 2 step approach: at first, I take them metaphorically. I
often happen to like these metaphors. After I've appreciated these metaphors for
some time, I try to clarify to myself what truth is behind the metaphor; and
very often, I find out that I really don't need to use a different word than the
original, "esoteric" one. It's a "hey, that wasn't all this metaphoric after
all" experience. After all, the boundary between a good metaphor and a "truth"
is *extremely* blurred, isn't it?
Having followed this process a bit, I might want to say, yes, DQ *is* one spirit
(that is, at least it is a very good metaphor).
> Wishing you happiness,
> Mary
Wishing yours, too
Andrea
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