From: Leland Jory (ljory@mts.net)
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 14:01:16 GMT
On Mar 13, 2004, at 7:59, Platt Holden wrote:
> I reject religions based on faith including Christianity and Islam.
There is still validity in faith-based religions. When you think about
it, 'faith' is the belief in the existence of something you cannot
sense. DQ COULD be considered by some to be an article of faith (no
different from 'god' in this sense).
> I reject all religious sects because their rituals and practices
> promulgate static social patterns.
Static social patterns of some kind are necessary, or the whole social
level will degenerate (at least to the last statically latched level).
You couldn't really have an intellectual level if the social level
didn't exist, since we'd all be focussed on the biological stuff
(eating, sleeping, fucking). The social level is the foundation on
which the intellectual level rests.
> I reject social moral codes based on divine revelation such as the 10
> commandments because they have no intellectual base.
I might disagree with you on some of the commandments. Items such as
"thou shalt not kill" are extremely valid. However, I'd say that any
validity the commandments have is on a social level, not an
intellectual one.
> I seek to understand the conceptually unknown through art because its
> essence is, as Pirsig asserts, aesthetic. Thus I find some religious
> art
> to be inspirational and revealing of DQ.
>
> For me, art and beauty can make a direct connection to Dynamic Quality.
> That's my religion. IMO there's none better.
My question is, can you see the 'art' in non-artistic places? For
instance, although I'm not a "car guy", I can recognize the art in the
internal combustion engine. There is art in unexpected places, keep
your eyes open.
--
Leland Jory :^{)>
Cafeteria Spiritualist and Philosopher
"It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go
away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling." -
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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