[MD] dualism redux

[Horse]

Hi Kevin

So what you're saying basically boils down to:

1) Intellectual patterns of value are Dualistic
2) The Metaphysics of Quality is an Intellectual pattern of value
so
3) The Metaphysics of Quality is Dualistic

Is this about right?


Horse


Kevin Perez wrote:
> Marsha, Craig, Ham,
>  
> Dualism, from my point of view, is any formal system of thought or behavior
> that approaches reality as if it were divided into parts.  Subject/object
> metaphysics is clearly dualistic.  Science and mathematics as well as
> religious and political institutions are dualistic.  And as an intellectual
> conception of a reality that by its own admission is greater than itself – it
> states that Quality is the source of everything, i.e., reality is Quality and vice
> versa – the Metaphysics of Quality is dualistic.
>  
> Depending on their awareness of and presence to reality an individual's
> approach to reality may or may not be dualistic.  Whether scientist or
> mathematician, relgious or politician or advocate of the Metaphysics of
> Quality, if a person approaches reality as if it were of separate parts or finite
> (thank you Ham for making this distinction) then they are behaving
> dualistically.  From my point of view, because reality is infinite, all formal,
> finite systems of thought are dualistic, i.e., there's reality (one part) and
> there's the system that points to reality (second part).
>  
> Again from my point of view, nondualistic thought and behavior is any
> approach to reality that realizes the oneness of reality.  Mystical is a good
> description.  And the Quality that the MoQ points to is this.  But the MoQ is
> not this.
>  
> 
> Kevin
>  
> 
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