From: Mati Palm-Leis (mpalm@merr.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 04:21:38 BST
Hi Folks,
"What is a living being?
My impression is that Pirsig implied that living beings are a cast of
countless values, from the inorganic to the intellectual. The stability
of our being is related to two factors as I see it, first the static
patterns that exist. As a psychology major in my undergraduate work
many years ago and my present role as an educator I see, or perceive
many of these static patterns in the development of students. It is
simply amazing to recognize these hundreds patterns and how they
interplay in each students "being." The second factor of stability is
the diversity of these static patterns, which I believe is cruial for
the existence for DQ to play its role. The tighter or locked or lack of
diversity in any specific static level the more difficult for DQ to
create a change. I believe that DQ not only plays a role in a change of
static patterns, but especially in the higher levels, DQ also strives to
allow these static to become more diversified to support DQ on the
higher level.
I agree with Phyllis when she stated, "The reason I object to dropping
the term living being is that you make of this philosophy something so
abstract that it is irrelevant to life. And while philosophy may "bake
no bread" we do it great harm if we disconnect it from its ability to be
life informing."
The discussions that I have been reading the last several weeks have
been interesting. However I am finding some cases there is a static
reality here to. The question I raise do you find that these
discussions themselves capable of sustaining DQ?
As to question do humans have the capacity of perceiving DQ? Sure we
recognize the change of static patterns. As mentioned several times the
"Wake" theory, if there is a wake there was probably a DQ responsible. I
buy that. Though I am not a very religious person, I have for some
reason thought about Moses on the mountain and him not being able to
look upon God. In many ways DQ is looked upon in the same way. This is
more of an analogy than a correlation. I don't think it is necessary to
experience DQ or to see it, is as important as to understand that it
exists and the implication of its existence. I would like to state that
I am not trying to make a religious connotation. What I have been
thinking about is, can we influence, as humans, static patterns in such
a way to increase the likelihood that change and DQ can exist?
Take care,
Mati
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