[MD] The isolated perceiver kills experience

[Ham Priday]

Hi Marsha --



> May I ask how performing functions for the purpose of a primary
> source is freedom?

Any process or function in actualized existence may be understood as serving 
the purpose of Essence.  However--and this is the point missed by my 
critiquers--man's choices are autonomous.  As an entity detached from the 
primary source, man has the capacity to make choices that are independent of 
causal laws, genetic predispositions, or instinctual tendencies.

Thus, man is free to investigate the principles of nature and apply them to 
the enhancement of his own comfort and productivity, to express his values 
and thoughts in original works of art and music, and to establish civilized 
communities built on his own morality and belief systems.  No other creature 
is endowed.with man's value sensibility and freedom of choice.  Man is the 
agent of value, the Choicemaker of his world.

Why is why it annoys me when I continue to see the individual reduced to an 
"abstracted pattern" or altogether ignored in this forum, along with freedom 
and self-determination.

Best regards,
Ham

P.S.  Please send me your mailing address off-line so I can mail you the 
"book".