Platt Holden (pholden@worldnet.att.net)
Thu, 2 Oct 1997 03:45:27 +0100
Jarod said:
> Is DQ to be construed as flux itself, or perhaps the essence of flux?
Then
> if DQ is "higher" than SQ, perhaps we have a return to the philosophical
> "urstoff" of the Pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus, who maintained that
> the essence of the Universe is flux. His classic formulation is: "You
> cannot
> step twice in the same river, for new waters move on as you take the
> second step."
Jarod,
The essence of Dynamic Quality is paradoxical. It's both dynamic and static
simultaneously as expressed in, "The present never changes but everything
that changes changes in the present." It is prior to intellectual division
and thus cannot be defined in words or formulas except to say it cannot be
defined. It eludes rational analysis just as the experience of listening to
Mozart's 40th symphony eludes intellectual talk about keys, tonalities,
chord progressions, etc. (Music does not emerge from intellectual patterns.
It emerges from the composers intuition of DQ. Intellect tries to horn in
and dominate music and the arts just as it tries to dominate society.)
After Heraclitus there were many philosophers and sages who maintain that
the universe is more than meets the rational eye. They also maintain that
DQ is not pre-rational but trans-rational, that is, above the intellectual
level. What has confused many is that since the pre-rational and the
trans-rational (DQ) are both nonrational, they must be the same. This is
known is philosophical jargon as the "category error."
The song, "The Lord of the Dance" reflects the trans-rational view that
good and evil, life and death are but two sides of the same coin. When
flipped into the air, the coin shimmers and dances in the light.
I'm sure I haven't made myself clear, but DQ is an such an elusive
phenomenon that using words to describe it is like trying to thread a
needle with boxing gloves. But whenever I want to get in touch with it, I
just sit back, close my eyes and listen to Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.
2. A walk in the woods is good, too.
Platt
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