[MD] Quality, Beauty, Truth or truth

[MarshaV]

At 09:36 AM 2/13/2006, SA wrote:

>      As David Harding said, I have not yet read Lila,
>but I have ordered it and it should be here any day
>now.  It probably took Pirsig two books, plus
>interviews, and from what I have gathered there is
>still some question as to what he was exactly trying
>to put across as his view-point of quality.

There are different ways to understand RMP's quality.  If you're an 
Intellectual it's just more difficult.  LILA is a wonderful book.  It 
presents the structure of the MOQ.

>
>      When you say quality is a truth and the value of
>a positive or negative experience defines how useful
>the event was or is, then are challenging times
>reaching beyond static quality into an experience that
>is more of a dynamic quality?  For example, walking up
>a hill is tough, and this particular hill I never
>walked up before, yet, it will be a new experience and
>a shortcut back to the house, and who knows maybe just
>by having this new experience I'll reach outside the
>box of my static quality and challenge myself into a
>dynamic quality kind of experience.  I might be way
>off track here until I read Lila, excuse me if I am,
>and I'll drop this discussion now.  What do you think?

A challenge seems a good way to stretch for something more 
dynamic.  I paint.  For me that is always challenging.  Early this 
morning I shoveled 26" of snow.  It took me two hours.  It was total 
physical effort which closed down my mind for a while.

You're not off track, not at all.

Marsha