Roger, Mary, Rich and all:
Thanks for all the relevant quotes on this issue of the living response
to DQ. Here's my two cents.
I think Mary is quite correct to say that Pirsig was only refering the
higher levels in saying that only living beings can respond to DQ. That
is to say, only living beings can respond to DQ AT THE HIGHER LEVELS.
The quotes Roger provided have Pirsig saying that subatomic forces
"select" certain options. That is how static patterns respond to DQ AT
THE INORGANIC LEVEL. This celection process, I think, implies that the
entire universe is "alive" and "intelligent" even at the lowest level.
Further, I think that admiting that even inorganic patterns "experience"
DQ in their own way saves the whole MOQ from any kind of Solipsism.
Kinda feels like its all coming together.
DAVID B
P.S. Roger, did the Lila-as-the-cosmic-dance-of-creation-post do
anything for you?
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