From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 14:53:47 BST
Hi Paul,
> Indeed, synthesis can be useful and even enjoyable, it
> is analogous to introducing friends to each other
> because you know they'll get along - but it can become
> the whole thing, and the process of synthesis seems to
> take something important away from each idea as well.
>
That nicely encapsulates my sense of unease about Wilber.
> In fact, I'm thinking of leaving my understanding of
> the MOQ where it is for now. Despite a lot of
> criticisms, I'm happy with it. If it is wrong, I will
> find out in time by applying it to my experience.
> As Pirsig said, there is a time for investigation and
> a time for conclusion. I am about to become a father
> very soon, so I'm sure I'm about to discover a lot
> more about Quality than any book can ever tell me!
Very sound.
(There are a number of newish parents contributing to the list, myself amongst them)
Don't forget (something that I tell myself) that even when nobody responds to a particular idea, it
doesn't mean that nobody has read it, or understood it, or found it of value. Although all those
things might be true also... but the concern we might have in that regard is a social pattern of
value operating within us, that we need to transcend in our unique response to dharma.
Cheers
Sam
"Phaedrus is fascinated too by the description of the motive of 'duty toward self' which is an
almost exact translation of the Sanskrit word 'dharma', sometimes described as the 'one' of the
Hindus. Can the 'dharma' of the Hindus and the 'virtue' of the Ancient Greeks be identical?" - The
Eudaimonic MoQ says yes. "Lightning hits!"
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