Rich, Greg, John and squad
Rich wrote
>>1) The nature of reality is Quality - undefined.
>>
>>2) It is manifested Dynamically and Statically.
>>
>>3) Four Static patterns of Value have evolved through the free force of
>> Dynamic Quality.
>>
>> Physical
>> Biological
>> Social
>> Intellectual
>>
>>4) Each level arises, but is discrete, from the previous.
>> These systems and their relationships account for everything.
>>
>>5) This is an ethical evolution. When in conflict, the later level has
>> moral superiority. Dynamic release from any static pattern
>> is the highest good.
And I wrote:
>1. The Quality principle
>Quality is nature of reality. Quality is morality, goodness, rightness,
>value, experience, sensation, awareness and consciousness.
>
>2. The Dynamic-static split
>The best way to split Quality is into dynamic and static quality. Dynamic
>quality is experienced as freedom, newness, excellence, fun, beauty. Static
>quality is experienced as structure, normality, apathy, stability. Dynamic
>and static can be achieved simultaneously through dharma.
>
>3. The four static levels
>There are four discrete types of static value: inorganic, biological,
>social and intellectual. These are experienced as patterns of physical
>matter, life, culture and thought, respectively.
>
>4. Static conflict
>Each static level sees itself as the highest good and tries to dominate the
>others.
>
>5. Static dependency
>Although the higher levels constantly try to break free from the lower ones
>they are also dependent on them and should not destroy them
>
>6. Morality
>The physical nature of the world is also its moral nature. The order of
>morality from lowest to highest is inorganic, biological, social,
>intellectual and Dynamic. The static levels also exhibit low quality and
>high quality patterns within themselves.
In essence I don't see much difference between the two and I'm not going to
quibble over the finer points of wording. However, from these you can see
that if you isolate areas to cover in a presentation of the MOQ you'd have
to mention:
Quality
Dynamic & Static
Inorganic, Biological, Social, Intellectual patterns
Morality
Which is not very many things really
It's interesting to note that Greg and John have picked up on and
questioned the nature of Dynamic and static. I'm reluctant to get into a
dynamic vs static thread at the moment because I think it deserves a thread
on its own. However obviously we can't give a presentation on a subject if
we're not sure about one of its most fundamental claims. I don't believe we
have enough time to sort out all the principles this month, however it
would be a step forward if we can at least figure out which areas need more
study.
Diana
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