[MD] Some Abiding Beliefs-Part 2

[Platt Holden]

> > [Case]
> > In what sense could spirit or mind exist in the absense of matter and
> > energy?
 
> [Platt]
> In a sense beyond our current knowledge.
 
> [Case]
> How then to you account for the historical belief that they can?

What historical belief?

> [Platt]
> Evolution is the process of returning to a state of full consciousness
> and freedom.
> 
> [Case]
> If it is returning, how did it get away?

I don't know. To coin a phrase, there are more things in heaven and 
earth than can be explained by a materialistic, cause & effect 
philosophy. I believe, however, that Pirsig is right in saying of DQ:
"It contains no pattern of fixed rewards and punishments. Its only 
perceived good is freedom and its only perceived evil is static quality 
itself-any pattern of one-sided fixed values that tries to contain and 
kill the ongoing free force of life." As far as I know, Pirsig never 
tried to explain how DQ got that way.

When will we have the privilege of reading a summary of your basic 
beliefs?