[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 17 Sep 2009 at 12:19, X Acto wrote:

> and no one has implicitly stated
> "I am the way the truth and the light"

Explicitly: Jesus, John: 8:12


> keep looking for distinctions and thats all one finds
> 
> the point that you and others keep missing oh Zen archer
> 
> is that when Quality is realized, all teachings pertain to it.
> 
> an un-aimed arrow never misses. only by exclusion does one miss the mark.

Sure, but only after you have read and understood the MOQ. Before 
that, Quality was subjective. Do any of the authors you list suggest 
otherwise? 



> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "plattholden at gmail.com" <plattholden at gmail.com>
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:08:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [MD] The Word is Not the Thing
> 
> On 17 Sep 2009 at 8:58, X Acto wrote:
> 
> 
> > [Platt]
> > Surely were, as are all college textbooks. Can anyone name a book that 
> > is MOQ-steeped other than those written by Pirsig? The New Testament 
> > perhaps?
> > 
> > the works of Plato
> > 
> > the tao te ching
> > 
> > the Buddhist scriptures
> > 
> > the works of C.S. Pierce, Wm James, Royce, Rorty, Dewey
> > 
> > the works of Krishnamurti
> > 
> > Einstien, David Bohm, Werner Heisenberg, Niehls Bohr
> > 
> > ect....ect.....ect...
> 
> 
> Maybe so, but I don't believe any of the above or anyone else for that 
> matter has written a metaphysics that states explicitly, "The world is 
> primarily a moral order." (Lila, 7) and then has gone on to show how that 
> moral order is structured into levels and the relationship between moral 
> levels.