From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 02 2004 - 12:47:13 GMT
Hi David M,
> I agree, DQ never seems to be satisfied with
> the quality that is ready to hand, it seeks out
> and creates higher quality, sometimes failing
> and destroying the quality it had in its hand.
> Maybe the motto for DQ is better the pretty bird
> in the tree top than the not so pretty bird in the hand.
> I think there is a turning point in the process of the
> creation of SQ by DQ as discussed in my essay about
> AM Young. If DQ starts off as free/nothing and
> produces a cosmos full of SQ it sort of binds/traps
> itself as indicated in many myths. SQ would seem to
> be a restriction/limitation so you would expect it
> to eventually reach a dead end in inert/trapped/bound matter.
> The rebound, I suggest, is life. I would define life as being
> the activity of DQ to escape the bondage of matter and regain
> its freedom in a realised cosmos. The inorganic level contains a
> story (and more levels I think) about freedom (DQ) becoming bound
> in matter, the next three levels are a story/evolution from restriction to
> freedom. How does that sound?
Sounds good to me! Plus, you've expressed your thoughts clearly and
succinctly -- a wonderful example of "economy of explanation." Love your
metaphor of a "pretty bird in the tree top."
Platt
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