[MD] [Bulk] Quality in the Balance, Part 2: Balance

[MarshaV]

Hi Mark, 

I think it better put that the feminine represents interconnectedness, 
while the masculine represents the linear.  


Marsha 


On Aug 2, 2011, at 3:55 PM, 118 wrote:

> In Part 1, I provided some thoughts on the use of words to better
> describe Quality.  I suggested that the use of an antonym may be more
> useful than a synonym.  In my latest addition to that thread, I
> proposed that the opposite of Quality is The Absurd.  Therefore
> Quality is synonymous with Meaning.
> 
> As with any use of the Tao in metaphysics, a question of balance is
> appropriate.  The Tao is presented by two dolphins of opposite colors
> swimming against each other.  The seed for the opposite force is
> depicted as respective eyes of the other.  This counter balance of
> creation and destruction provides a platform for analyzing MoQ.  If we
> balance Quality with Nothingness, we can assign Quality the Yin and
> its antonym the Yang.  Traditionally the Yin is the feminine
> counterpart to the masculine.  As such it is giving and forgiving.
> The Yang is taking and unforgiving.  In truth, meaning provides much
> of the former, and its opposite is indeed destructive.
> 
> So if we use this as context for further evaluation, we can analyze
> how this balance is presented.  Quality must indeed be balanced as any
> other force must.  Nobody can be entirely good, but must be balanced
> with some bad.  The right with the wrong, and the beautiful with the
> ugly.  It is this counter measured interface which brings all
> relationalism to fruition.
> 
> Many (including Lao Tsu) have stressed the importance of this
> relationship in all things.  However, I would beg to differ that this
> is indeed the appropriate analogy.  Instead, I would like to present
> the concept of Anchoring.  We can still work with two, although the
> stability of such a thing is questionable.  However, for the sake of
> simplicity I will do just that.  Imagine if you will an arch which has
> one foot in bad and one foot in good.  Depending where one is on that
> arch, will determine how ones self is understood at that particular
> time.  If one is in the white, then the anchor of black is far away.
> If one has high quality, then his relevance is indeed good.
> 
> To invoke another analogy I came up with on a long drive, I will ask
> one to imagine one of those car games that I used to play.  Quite
> simply it is a small dish with a transparent cover.  Within this toy
> are little metallic balls.  The object of the game is to tilt the dish
> so as to have the balls drop into the small circular recesses.  Does
> that present a picture?  So now we go to task on sinking all those
> balls so that none of them move.  We want to tackle the hardest ones
> first since that make the game easier.  Once those are complete we
> turn to the easier ones.
> 
> OK, now back to Quality in the Balance.  We have both Quality and
> Emptiness as two balls on a smooth surface each seeking an anchor.
> The easiest one is Emptiness since there is nothing there.  Once
> stabilized, we can anchor Quality.  Once both are anchored we can then
> present such a system as being in balance.  Every time the Quality
> ball comes loose, it must be counter-balanced by the ball of
> purposelessness.  It is this dynamic that can be used to describe the
> universe of existence vs nonexistence.  When we increase the number of
> balls to three, the excercise becomes more difficult, but the final
> result is more stable.  The optimal number of forces to invoke is
> three, since any more does not add anything to our picture.
> 
> I am not sure if this is helpful, but I am more than happy to answer
> any questions, or engage in any debate.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
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