[MD] Distinguishing Levels (Platt's Individual level)

[Platt Holden]

Marsha asked:

> But do you agree with this statement?
> 
> "While sustaining biological and social patterns
> Kill all intellectual patterns.
> Kill them completely
> And then follow Dynamic Quality
> And morality will be served."
> 
> There is a difference between "intellectual patterns" and using one's
> intellect, isn't there???

Not that I can tell. To me intellect creates intellectual patterns and 
garners meaning from the intellectual patterns of others. Pure 
experience, however, is pre-intellectual. I agree with  with Pirsig 
that pure experience = reality = value = morality. And I agree that it 
is from the state of pure experience that DQ is most likely to be 
recognized. So, yes, if you accept Pirsig's premises and follow his 
logic, the statement you refer to makes sense. That's why I pursue 
Beauty. It's pure experience, independent of intellectual patterns and, 
at its best, is transparent to DQ.

Thanks for asking.

Platt