From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 20:59:34 BST
Dear Mark M., and anyone or everyone,
Please explain in more detail the following from Mark M. I once heard that
the Buddha stated, "To paint a perfect picture, become perfect and paint."
Does the Buddha's previous statement relate to Quality?
Marsha
> Celebrity status is tied into socio-economic structuring, so both these
> issues must be addressed simultaneously. I think values can find a point of
> entry here, because it is clear there is a severe discrepancy between the value
> of a leader as reflected in economic reward, and the value of those who
> actually produce art. (I am referring to all manufacture as art.)
>
> Society is an art also, if viewed from an expanded and appropriate
> understanding of what art is in MOQ terms. Therefore, if manufacture of art, and
> society as art can be harmonised as a value centred unitary activity, people may
> begin to see the Quality of such a shift in value emphasis in the particular
> lives they lead?
> If not, greed will continue to prevail.
>
> All the best,
> Mark M
Hello Marsha,
I'm sorry there has been a delay here, but i suspected my computer of being
infected with a virus, so i left the org for a day until i was sure everything
was ok. Have just been looking through the posts i never received and yours is
one of them.
"To paint a perfect picture, become perfect and paint."
We may restate this in MOQ terms:
"To paint a totally coherent picture, become totally coherent and paint."
There is no distinction between the picture and the painter in total
coherence, and this is not sustainable. A true Master is indistinct from his/her work
at the moment of creation, but even this is not sustainable.
If one cannot become totally coherent then one may become more coherent.
If you accept that to 'be' coherent is to be surfing a fine line between
stasis and Dynamic change; to be as the Master butcher in all one does; then one
is following the Way or Tao. Coherent.
If this is appreciated and valued and seen to be art, then the products of
art must be capable of re-entering into a coherent relationship with those who
use them. Anything less is insulting; this is why life today is full of
insulting technology for many people - the manufacturer and the consumer are not in
harmony.
The leader promotes product rather than process.
I hope this answers your question Marsha?
Please don't hesitate to insist on more if this is inadequate?
All the best,
Mark
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