Hi Jonathan, Marco, All:
Jonathan wrote:
> With the ease with which we can split awareness into a subjective and
> objective side, it is tempting to protray it as a SOM concept, but I think
> this is wrong. It may sound presumtuous, but I have a dramatic and simple
> equation to propose: AWARENESS = QUALITY. To paraphrase RMP (ZAMM end of
> Ch. 19) "This means [awareness] is not just the reult of collision between
> subject and object. The very existence of subject and object themselves is
> deduced from the [awareness]. The [awareness] is the case of the subjects
> and objects, which are then mistakenly presumed to be the cause of the
> [awareness]."
Perhaps you are not "aware" (-: Jonathan that I proposed the same
equation several years ago when we were laying down the basic
principles of the MOQ. Of the 13 principles recorded, below are
reprinted No. 1 and 2 which speak directly to your point:
1. The Quality Principle. Quality is simultaneously an immanent and
transcendent moral force. It created and gave purpose to our world,
motivated by the ethical principle of the "Good" which is its essence.
Quality is synonymous with "morality" and "value." Thus, the world is
primarily a moral order, consisting not of subjects (mental things) and
objects (material things) but patterns of value.
2. The Awareness Principle. The essence of QUALITY IS KNOWN TO
US AS AWARENESS without content--pure, unpatterned experience. As
such, it is impossible to describe. Whenever we try, we end up
describing what we are aware of, not awareness itself. (emphasis
added.)
These two beginning principles were then followed by the
Dynamic/Static Principle, the Levels Principle, and No. 5, the
Awareness Hierarchy Principle which stated in part, "Each higher level
evolved from and included the lower, but expanded awareness. . . .
Also, all levels possess, in addition to environmental awareness, and
awareness of values. Even a lowly virus knows what's good for it.
I think we're on the same page, wouldn't you agree?
Platt
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