ROGER IS STUMPED BY THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
(play on words for any fellow audiophiles out there in Lila land)
Thank you for starting us down this lane Platt. But now you through me for a
loop.
Platt wrote:
<<<<
Thus, the MoQ answers that hoary philosophical question of whether a
tree falling in the forest makes a sound with no one around to hear it with
a resounding, "Absolutely." And there goes Realism and the precious
"independent reality" of scientific orthodoxy into the ash heap of mistaken
worldviews along with "the world is flat.">>>>>
As I recall, Magnus' tree koan was answered as so by Glove in late January or
early February:
<<<< The whole idea behind the koan is to realize sound is
experiential. This is an enormously enlightening notion to come to realization
of. Either we hear the sound, or a sound is communicated to us in an
unambiguous way, or there is no experiential event known as sound. There is no
Quality Event without experience. If there is no experiencer, no observer,
there is no experience.>>>>
And Bo added:
<<<< Starting with your closing words about "the nature of reality", I don't
think there is any such natural (objective) reality outside of experience.>>>>
It is getting late. Am I just misunderstanding something????
Roger
PS I have not been able to engage myself in this above captioned thread,
because it also confuses me. The MOQ clearly explains that Idealism and
materialism are two sides abstracted out of Direct experience. It unifies
and explains away the platypi of both. I will try to reread and enter
tomorrow, but what am I missing on this thread?
PSS -- When is Bo coming back?????? Anyone talk to him lately??
PSSS -- (I know you are still listening out there Bo........Ha !)
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