[MD] How to Understand the MOQ

[MarshaV]

Hello Khoo,

On May 19, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Khoo Hock Aun wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Steven Peterson
> <peterson.steve at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Step 1: Read ZAMM and get excited about Quality
>> 
>> Step 2: Read Lila and get confused about Quality but keep the sense
>> that something really exciting is going on.
>> 
>> Step 3: Come to moq.org and get further confused.
>> 
>> Step 4: Rather than try to understand what Pirsig thinks, make believe
>> that the MOQ is the same as whatever YOU think. After all, that is
>> what everyone else at moq.org seems to be doing.
>> 
>> Step 5: Keep arguing
>> 
>> Step 6: Resign
>> 
>> Step 7: Come back
>> 
>> Step 8: Lather
>> 
>> Step 9: Rinse
>> 
>> Step 10: Compare someone who disagrees with you to a Nazi and join
>> your fellow MOQers in criticizing the academic establishment for not
>> being open to the MOQ (even though no two of the MOQers seem to agree
>> about what the MOQ is).
>> 
>> Step 11: Repeat while desparately trying to maintain the sense that
>> something exciting is going on and that Quality will change the world.
>> 
> 
> Step 12: Finally, make the realisation that trying to understand the MOQ
> will never get you to an understanding of the MOQ. Only the direct
> experience of Quality will do it for you.


 
Step 12 Questions:  How?  Are there methods available for realizing direct 
experience?  Where can I find these methods?  What will such practices cost 
me in time and money?       

 
Marsha