[MD] Why the quality of the modern world is no good.

[John Carl]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:49 AM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

Ron:
> As I see it, potential must be crafted, it is a skill. As I read Plato's
> Socratic
> dialogs, I have come to see "love" as Pirsig uses "preference" only the
> term love
> suggests "desire."  To me, Love seems like a more accurate word to use
> to describe the pull or drive of evolution or DQ.
>
> The Buddists say that desire or preference is the root of suffering but if
> this is true and the universe is composed of desire then the skill is the
> mastery of it, the
> tempering of it. Much like Socrates analogy of the charioteers, as one
> grows
> older and practices this art, it becomes easier to temper.
>
> It makes for an interesting interpretation of Quality.



Desire vs Love:

Desire wishes to obtain for the self

Love cares about other

So "desire is the root of all suffering" and "God is Love" are not mutually
exclusive?

john c



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