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Dan]
Hi Arlo! Always good to hear from you!

[Arlo]
Ditto, Dan. It's always of particular interest to me when 'divergence' creeps in with people I normally agree mostly entirely with. And its always fascinated me, but please know I am not arguing *for* as much as I am curious why there is disagreement here. :-)

[Dan]
but I think Ron might be barking up the wrong tree when it comes to saying that Buddhism and the MOQ espouse belief over direct experience.

[Arlo]
I missed this in Ron's post, and I'd be surprised that he is arguing for belief as prior (or over) direct experience. That Quality is primary, or direct experience is first, is critical to Pirsig's metaphysics, and also matches pragmatism and Buddhism, I think of as terra firma; where we all begin. 
 
[Ron]
I missed this too in my post, and I'd say that I'm argueing toward what Arlo is pointing at and asserting exactly
the same notion. I'm curious why there is disagreement also.
Thanks for fielding this one Arlo It seems you understood my intention.nice post.
 
 
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