[MD] The Beginning of it All

[Dwaipayan Lahiri]

On Mar 8, 2008, at 2:26 PM, MarshaV wrote:

>
> Greetings Ham,
>
> There is mundane morality.  "Man (She holds her nose as she writes
> the word.) is the measure of all things."  The MOQ has produced an
> intellectual structure on which to make moral decisions.   Ahh, but
> then there is Quality, the undifferentiated aesthetic continuum, the
> Tao, the ALL which cannot be undesirable and is perfect, good and
> moral as it is.  The mundane (good and bad) is also this Quality and
> is therefore perfect, good and moral.  Or as Dwai states, "... cannot
> possibly be undesirable."
>
> Marsha

I had started typing out a response to Ham, but I stopped, since he  
is essentially saying the same thing as I was, except perhaps he  
doesn't know that (yet).

Ham said --

Being-aware is a divided (dualistic) entity whose experience is
differentiated and relational.  And while Quality, Value and Morality  
(the
good-to-bad spectrum) are fundamental to experiential (S/O)  
existence, such
differentiation is not fundamental to the ultimate source.  At the  
risk of
offending the MoQuists, I contend that the equation Quality = Morality =
Reality is wrong as applied to the undifferentiated source.  My argument
rests on the metaphysical principle that Reality is not a divided  
system.
Essence is the absolute integration of contrariety.

Indeed, Tao, Brahman is beyond all qualification. It simply is.
Also true that the being-aware is dualistic. The quest is to put  
these two (poles) together (set them in harmonious motion -- Taiji)  
and thus become (one with) Tao. I don't see how what we were  
discussing is "Flawed". It is once again, a case of approach (each  
from the other side of the spectrum).