From: Matt the Enraged Endorphin (mpkundert@students.wisc.edu)
Date: Sat Dec 28 2002 - 18:29:23 GMT
>
> Mari, John,
>
> Mari said:
This is just one example; there are many. "Put everything back where it
belongs" If you take milk from the refrig. Put it back when you are done. If
you put something in your cart at the grocery and you find something you want
in it's stead then bring the first item back where you got it. Maybe this
sounds too simple or maybe some thinks "how stupid". But i suggest that you do
this for a while. Let it seep into,become a part of who you are. And in a very
real way the integrity of that will lend itself to looking at more things
through the integrity filter. i found that not only did it not compromise my
time like i might have claimed it would ( rote defense ) ( i don't have the
time for something that someone else is paid to do) but it actually seemed that
i was less hurried. It didn't matter that anyone knew what i was doing because
i knew what i was doing,it became it's own reward. That is in my way of seeing
it a MoQ act. If i am a good parent, a good teacher, a good friend, then i
would want to share this MoQ method of doing life with others. If they align
themself with the belief that a quality of life act (baby step) adds to the
collective consciousness in a positive way, then that act is ALL they can do in
any given moment. They can rest assured that they did their part. The next step
is share the info....stop trying,start doing.
>
> Matt:
> I agree completely that this revival of good, ole' fashioned politeness would
> be a high Quality act. In addition to my agreement, I wanted to use this
> example you've given to highlight the point I made on Dec 25: "
people don't need to have read Pirsig to make Quailty decisions. I think all
people make Quality decisions at some point..."
You were led to this example, presumably, from a Personal Growth Seminar, not
Pirsig. Nowhere in Pirsig does it say anything about putting your groceries
back where you found them. What Pirsig says is lead a good life and you can
find that message in a lot of places, Krishnamurti for one. This "living of
integrity" is no more a MoQ act or part of a MoQ method, then that we call it
that. As I said before, "What Pirsig helps us do is clarify in our own minds
what might help us make Quality decisions in the future."
Matt
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