From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 23 2004 - 00:08:37 GMT
Arlo:
> Platt wrote:
> > I put Dynamic Morality, the Code of Art, above the intellectual level.
> > You can rationalize anything, but you really haven't got it until you
> > reveal its harmony, its beauty.
>
> Arlo says:
> I agree with Platt here. I've taken from Pirsig the understanding that the
> only way to "experience" DQ is from a pre-linguistic, pre-verbal,
> pre-semiotic, indeed pre-thought "awareness". The minute you put DQ into
> any language system, you are "sorting the sand into piles" (from ZMM), and
> having done so have separated yourself from "the endless landscape". One
> point of contact between Buddhism and the MOQ is in its pointing towards
> freeing ourselves from our structured thoughts to experience Quality (DQ).
> One of the powers of music and art is precisely in its ability to push us
> out of these our structured thought patterns. Meditative processes can do
> this too. The Koans were used specifically for this purpose. The peyote
> ritual described in LILA, another one. But for most of us in the West, Art
> and Music are the two most often practices used to "break free" of static
> thought and "experience" DQ.
I couldn't have said it any better. This reflects my view precisely. Happy
to be in complete agreement for a change. :-)
Thanks,
Platt
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