From: Mati Palm-Leis (mpalm@merr.com)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 06:22:49 GMT
Steve, Bo and folks,
I have been quietly sitting on the sidelines, (I detest the term
"lurker") watching Bo defend his SOLAQI idea over the past several weeks
as he has done for so long. As I have mentioned in earlier postings I
have grown to strongly support his ideas. Many of the criticisms people
have shared, I believe Bo has done a wonderful job of supporting his
rationalities. Many are the same criticisms I have posed to him over
time as well. And I don't know what exactly I could share to advance
the discussion. Like many I am a novice to the philosophical
understandings as a whole. Pirsig provided an exposure of the SOM myth
that has charaded as reality long enough. MOQ provided a new context and
foothold to account for reality. Bo's ideas from beginning, personally
seemed curious and awkward. But I believe he has been true to Pirsig's
work as one can be. The fact is when reality has been defined all our
lives by the SOM view, so to is how we approach reality is also
dominated by SOM. Naturally our precepts of rationalization are coated
with the same SOM view. When discussing the subjective realm of the
social and intellectual level we are dealing with great subtleties. We
would like in the objective sense to delineate with a specified
rationalization to define the intellectual level. Bo's has actually
given us what we have asked for. Yet for what ever reason we wish to cry
"heretic". I guess it might be the SOM in all of us yet. :) However
now in my mind life has a much clearer understanding of what the
intellectual reality means. This I believe has some pretty significant
applications once we begin to see his basic premise as it works in the
real world. The subtleties we call the subjective reality have a much
richer meaning. Pirsig, who I immensely respect, has given so much with
MOQ to advance the understanding of life's meaning. Let us continue the
advancement and not get bogged in the SOM precepts.
As a final thought, think about this statement.
"Be true to yourself."
Those who have the capacity to understand what this statement means can,
I believe, understand and perpetuate the intellectual level. (I think
this also might apply to a historical context as well. :) )
For what it is worth.
Mati
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