From: Mari (mld2001@adelphia.net)
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 13:37:41 GMT
> Platt quotes Mari and answers:
> Hi Mari:
>
> > The Mobile spins
> > too fast it seems to me. What are we doing? Where are we going? Can we
>
> > find a way that will lead self and group to a higher good. What is
> > "best"? Wasn't that the question that RMP asked that leads us here
> > now?
>
> Ah, but you already know the answer to your question. You said:
>
> > Some time ago i mentioned that Aldous Huxley said : "Knowledge" is
> > public "Understanding" is private. No one responded to this
> > statement/thought. To me it squares with Pirsigs statement about DQ
> > being non-definable because it's "private"
>
> So you understand what's best. Nobody has to tell you these things.
>
> Nobody has to put into a sentence or reach intersubjective agreement
> for you to know the "truth" about the pain you feel when your tooth
> aches, the joy in your heart when you fall in love, or the satisfaction
> in
> your soul when a work of art you've sweated over succeeds. Only a
> living being, not a mob, can respond to Dynamic Quality.
>
> Rational argument that philosophers use and that we try to adhere to on
> this site can never bring everyone together. To think otherwise is to
> bang your head against the wall. Not only are logical premises
> endlessly debatable, but strict logic inevitably leads to paradox and/or
>
> infinite regress. All we can do is ultimately decide for ourselves, each
> in
> the privacy of her own heart and mind, "Is this a good idea or not? All
> we can do is assure others have the intellectual freedom to do the
> same.
>
> Shakespeare advised, "To thine own self be true." No one has used
> "true" in a sentence any better.
>
> > It is everything and it is nothing.
> > It's what you see and what you don't see. It's one thing to one person
>
> > and something else to another. It's right and wrong. It's good and
> > bad. It's art. It's me/it's you. It's what always was and always will
> > be...it's a never ending story and none of the above.
>
> You got it. So enjoy the beauty of it all, as I know you truly do.
> Kevin responds to Platt and Mari:
> Since I'm often on the other side of the argument from you, let me say
> what a pleasure it is for me to agree with you and commend you on such a
> poetic/insightful response to a poetic piece from Mari (which I very
> munch enjoyed). Will it spoil the moment if I suggest that you seem to
> be endorsing the private/public split that some of us have been
> advocating? ;-)
>
> I know the MOQ has certainly helped me immensely in coming to the truth
> for myself.
>
> Cheers,
> -Kevin
>
> P.S. Mari, I very much enjoyed your piece. Quite thought provoking.
Mari days: As i mentioned to Platt: this post was therapeutic. From my POV
it appears that "the piece" reached out beyond it's edges in a manner of
speaking and effected a noticable change in areas that before may have been
( the word here is important, i'll use "ridged" ). It pleases me to see/hear
agreement on something "philosophical" TY for your feedback.
The " 'public/private' split " is an interesting way of looking at life and
the way we interpret it. It will be interesting to see where this consept
goes....we (god) knows it can go anywhere! ; ) <g>
M
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