[MD] Step One

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:35 AM, 118 <ununoctiums at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan:
> Okay. So, my cats (subject) see a mouse (object) running through the
> grass, catch it, and eat it. Are they using subjeect/object
> metaphysics, or not?
>
> Mark:
> No, they are not.  They are catching a mouse, there is no need for
> subject/object metaphysics.  When you are watching a movie, are you using
> subject/object metaphysics?  I suppose if you were a critic and formulating
> a review you would be, but otherwise not.   When you are experiencing a
> beautiful sunset, or spelunking in some gorgeous grotto, are you using
> subject/object metaphysics?  If so, you are over thinking the experience.
>
> Subject/object metaphysics is only used on occasion.  When you are
> formulating how to tell people of your experience then s/o metaphysics comes
> into play.  S/O metaphysics is one step removed from Quality.  It has to do
> with analyzing and formulating what is being experienced.  It is not the
> experience in itself.  Most of life is an experience, even the s/o diversion
> part of it.  The rest is what happens in between, like the silence between
> notes on a piano, or the white page of a book which full of words, or the
> screen of a movie.  We are such a screen.

Hi Mark

Yes I tend to agree with you, which is why the intellectual  level
isn't to be indentified with subject/object metaphysics.

Thank you,

Dan

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