From: Oldehippie1947@aol.com
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 22:56:06 BST
Wim
I finally figured out how to change the look of my email. I spend quite a bit
of time reading the so called "MoQ" and have enjoyed some thought provoking
exchanges but quite honestly am lost much of the time in this "MoQ language."
My take on "empathic rationality" was derived from a powerful experience,
(brought on by a need to understand what Persig said to me), where I believe
I was insane for several days. I didn't eat, barely drank and was basically
unable to leave my bed. My mind had turned totally inward and I was merely a
passenger along for the ride. What came from this was insights and
understanding that has answered a burning question that has bothered me for
many years, what is wrong with me and/or society that has created such a
problem in that relationship. The problem I sense in inserting myself in this
discussion is my experience is primarily intuition, instinct and emotion.
This quorum feeds on intellect so I have been hesitant to, (or maybe not sure
how), to contribute.
Unless there is an interest shown here for more about the experience I will
only share some of the outcome. I experience a connection to not only the
collective consciousness, (at least that's my understanding), for the present
day but felt a connection with our evolutionary collective consciousness. The
instinct that motivated the first chemical compound to become life has
continued to be a part of life forms. This instinct evolved just as the
physical bodies evolved. At some point this instinct became evolved to the
point where it needed an organ to house it. In homo sapien that organ is the
brain, (although I suspect this same evolved instinct may reside in other
parts of the body). Our brain had the potential to continue housing this
instinct, (or as we call it, the mind), as it continued to evolve. What I
call primitive thinking is the earliest thinking of homo sapien. As the
violence of the environment continued to motivate our ancestors to change to
survive we developed Logic thinking. Both these processes of thinking have
continued to evolve until at this time we are evolving a third process of
thinking I call empathic rationality. There has existed conflict between our
earlier two processes of thinking from the beginning. One to maintain self
and the other to protect us from self. All this third process of thinking
does is refine the communications process both in our own thinking as well as
the collective thinking. Consciousness at whatever level is a communications
process. Please ask questions and challenge my ideas but do so in your own
words, not quotes from other people.
Darrell
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