From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Aug 15 2004 - 05:22:21 BST
Dan,
Dan said:
> The MOQ would say a self, a human being, consists of four levels of value
> plus undefined Dynamic Quality. Buddhists practice to kill the
intellectual
> self through meditation and mindfulness while sustaining the social self
and
> biological self.
Some Buddhists may see it that way, but not all by a long shot. I quoted
Robert Aitken (a Zen master) on this recently. The purpose of meditation
and mindfulness is not to kill the intellect but to improve it, by learning
to silence monkey mind. One also, as a Buddhist, learns logic and applies
it to oneself not to kill the intellect but to rid the intellect of
limiting beliefs.
> Musical harmony (or disharmony as the case may be) and the harmony
Quality
> produces are not necessarily the same. The former is a biological level
> experience while the latter is an idea.
Musical harmony is biological?. True, it may soothe the savage beast
(though I wouldn't count on a song to save myself from a charging bear),
but I don't think I am satisfying a biological need when listening to
music. Perhaps dance music, in part, but why in that case do I ask for more
than just a beat?
- Scott
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