[MD] feelings, emotions and the biological level

[MarshaV]

At 02:36 AM 5/10/2007, you wrote:
>Emotions are biological responses to stimuli. However, they are deeply
>influenced by inorganic, social, and intellectual static patterns. The
>higher levels should restrict emotions only to a degree so that overall
>stability of the being is maintained. Pirsig talks about "care", which is
>surely a biological pattern, which I understand as being in need of
>receiving proper direction/guidance. The intellect should, by office of its
>faculties, direct all the other patterns as much as it can. That is the
>first rule -- that the higher level tries to "rule" the lower ones. This is
>why I sometimes think that Pirsig should have created a formal MoQ
>constitution which explains the hierarchy of the metaphysics.


Greetings Akshay,

What do you think at those other times, and why?

Marsha