From: SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com
Date: Sun Oct 13 2002 - 17:36:43 BST
Dear Horse,
I have been trying to introduce fellow students to the work of Robert Pirsig
as i see them struggling with categorisation, substance based amoral
scientific world views, etc. I feel so sad that i can but point them in
another direction for themselves to explore if they would but pause to take a
look?
I recommend they read Pirsig's work and anyone who has written upon the Moq
with Pirsig's input and comment.
I then recommend they read The Quality event if they require a brief but
excellent introduction.
One thing i do not recommend is MOQ.org.
Having recommended it in the past, students have asked me what SOLAOI is and
who Wilber is?
I suggest they leave all that for a later stage?
'But isn't SOLAQI by that bloke YOU recommended' they ask?
'Isn't Wilber preferred by a member of the MOQ.org as being more on the ball'
they ask?
'Many other members of MOQ.org seem to agree this Wilber bloke is excellent'?
After a dynamic and engaging beginning, a visit to the org has them looking
at me as if i am tarred with the same transpersonal psychobabble - and things
grind to a difficult halt. They cannot see what SOLAQI has to do with it, and
i am lost for words.
In short, the org has become an embarrassment.
Pirsig has said he feels at his best with his students.
How can you create a dynamic for this forum while leaving it open to the
varieties of egomaniacs who appear bent upon using it as a personal forum for
their own self esteem?
If you, or someone like you, does not send out a clear signal, this forum
will be in danger of silting up with low quality distractions well away from
the excellent work of Pirsig.
Please Horse? Try something...
All the best,
Squonk.
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