[MD] What is Zen?

[Joseph Maurer]

On 7/6/10 1:02 PM, "Magnus Berg" <McMagnus at home.se> wrote:

<snip>
> "In this plain of understanding static, patterns of value are divided
> into four systems: inorganic patterns, biological patterns, social
> patterns and intellectual pat­terns. They are exhaustive. That's all
> there are. If you construct an encyclopedia of four topics - Inorganic,
> Biological, Social and Intellectual - nothing is left out. No 'thing,'
> that is. Only Dynamic Quality, which cannot be described in any
> encyclopedia, is absent."
<snip>
 
Hi Magnus and all,
 
I am curious!  Is it your interpretation of the paragraph cited that the
levels which Persig proposed for evolutionary reality are the only levels
possible? Given the DQ/SQ metaphysics, does DQ evolve in consciousness only
beyond SQ?   
 
Is it illogical given DQ that evolution be only defined reality? Does Pirsig
leave open the possibility that DQ evolves beyond SQ in heroes?  Is it
illogical that DQ evolve to DQ only levels in the consciousness of heroes
like Persig which would allow one to list further levels in DQ evolution
only?  This proposal of further levels in consciousness only is found in the
esoteric writings of Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Nicoll, Collins, Bennett etc.  In
your opinion is this beyond the MOQ?
 
Joe