From: -Peter (pcorteen@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 02 2005 - 08:23:58 GMT
Gurdjieff's teachings of the 'law of three' from his 'esoteric Chistianity'
was 'Affirming, Denying and Reconciling; Taoist teaching is yin, yang and
the way.
So instead of 'Quality, Static Quality and Dynamic Quality' I'd say
'Evolution, Static and Dynamic'.
-Pete
On 02/11/05, Rebecca Temmer <ratemmer.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm reposting this because it didn't go through the first time and it's
> been two days...
> Ian (Picky) and Matt:
>
> ------ I'd like to resubject this thread because it no longer has anything
> to do with "Chaos and it's role in Evolution" and In order to respect Mark's
> discussion ------
>
> "holy holy holy trinity..." It's something I've been thinking about a bit
> lately that I wasn't sure if i should bring up with the group or not because
> it's sure to be a touchy subject. While we're here, however - what, if
> anything, are the similarities between the Christian mystery of the Holy
> trinity and Quality? Three in one, one in three.
> This is an idea that's been haunting me for a while; perhaps it's my
> penchant for drawing obtuse connections. But there seem to be relationships
> between {God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit} and {Quality,
> Static Quality, Dynamic Quality}. Not between the physical (or spiritual)
> things but between the philosophical conceptions - the ideas that I have of
> them. I don't really care if this suggestion is faux pas - that we're trying
> to stay away from the social level controlled by the Church or some such
> nonsense. Pirsig has a deliberate focus on eastern Mysticism but he comes
> from a Christian tradition and those ideas are buried very deeply in the
> subconscious of our society. Maybe a bit of a look into these Christian
> ideas could give us a bit more of a handle on Quality.
>
> Rebecca
>
> PS. I'm not big on labels but Relationist sounds wonderful to me.
> Especially since absolutists seem to think that relativism sees everything
> as equal - I guess that's part of the blind spot in their point of view.
> __
> Replying to:
> Rebecca, Matt,
>
> Call me picky, but for me ...
>
> * one thing
> * interacting with
> * another thing
>
> ... is three things - the triplet as I've referred to it before.
> Same idea, same "event" though, so no argument.
>
> I like "relationalist" as a riposte to accusations of "relativist"
>
> Ian
>
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