[MD] Re Arlo

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 26 Jul 2010 at 9:59, MarshaV wrote:


On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Platt Holden wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:42 PM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> [Platt]
>> Do you believe one interpretation is just as good as another? I don't. Bo's
>> interpretation is better because it makes the MOQ more harmonious.
>> 
>> Ron:
>> Please explain how it makes the MOQ more harmonious.
>> 
>> 
> 
> [Platt]
> By making the intellectual level a subset of the MOQ, thereby avoiding the
> disharmony of recursion.

Marsha:  
Yes, I agree with you Platt.  And to me it seems ascetically intuited and very 
obvious.  

Thanks Marsha,
Yes, that's key -- but those imprisoned by intellectualism in the SOM level are 
hesitant to apply any intuitive or aesthetic response  to concepts, even though 
Pirsig encourages such evaluations. I was instantly attracted to Pirsig by the 
beauty of his thinking compared to the twisted, snarled, redundant, bloviated, 
choking, weed-filled impenetrable jungle of verbiage one has to hack through 
when reading most philosophies. But after reading Pirsig for the first time 
with nary a hidden rock to stumble over or a vine to untangle, my singular 
reaction was, "A beautiful new vista of understanding has been opened to me," 
like looking up and seeing the stars above for the first time, or as Pirsig 
himself described:

"The south wind was stronger here and it cooled him. It was steady, like a 
trade wind. Nothing interfered with its flow toward him over the huge ocean. 
"Vast emptiness and nothing sacred." If ever there was a visible concrete 
metaphor for Dynamic Quality this was it." (Lila, 30)

For those willing to climb out of the cage of intellect for a moment and look,  
they too will see.

Platt