[MD] Unkludging the MoQ.

[skutvik at online.no]

Hi DT

15 Aug. you asked: 

> Since I clearly don't get it perhaps you could enlighten me. (about the
> social level) 

> So under MoQ what is "dancing"? Pirsig is quite clear that he believes
> it is a social pattern of value. Do you agree him? If you do, what is,
> the static social pattern of called "dancing"? Is it the
> word,"dancing". In all its possible manifestations from print to
> thought. Is it physical movements that people do to music? Is it a
> visual and aural brain pattern I get while watching people do physical
> movements to music on the TV show "So You Think You Can Dance"? 

I agree with "dance" being a ritual and as such  a social pattern, but its 
function may vary wildly.  "War dance" was/is to work themselves into 
a will to kill and ignore biological pain. Some other dance ritual among 
"natives" was to invoke other powers, forces, ecstasies. The "civilized" 
ball-room dancing  served the purpose of bringing the sexes together 
under decent - ritualized - circumstances. The disco and "house" 
dance is  an intellectual parody of the social ritual, the individuals use 
of  drugs a way of access to biology without by way of its arch enemy 
society .       

> If I dream of boogying with Hallie Berry is that dancing?

Don't tell me you limited yourself to boogying so that was not dancing. 
;-)      

> Just what in reality, is it really?

There is no reality beyond the Quality Reality, but the various static 
levels has their own reality  and  when "leading edge" this was that 
epoch's metaphysics. While it ruled as SOM intellect made us believe 
in a real (objective) reality different from the apparent (subjective) 
reality.   

IMO

Bodvar