Hi Bartz:
BARTZ:
> As much as I love MOQ, I cannot allow myself to complicate the issues when
> my PERCEPTION (read reality) is that "perception is reality". 'Liking' is
> always a value judgement and will always remain an individualistic
> perception. That is why you can get away with "reality is whatever you
> like". I certainly cannot propose a happy balance 'Formula', but it does
> have to do with untraining ourselves from the knee jerk reactions and
> ascertaining those 'value judging' moments for what they really mean to
> you. Me thinks I ramble too much.
I think the MOQ says that perception is first focused on value and value
is reality. There's no escape. You value your perception that "perception
is reality." You say you value the MOQ but consider simplicity (not
"wanting to complicate the issues") to be a higher value. Values always
seem to enter the picture. In fact, Pirsig goes so far as to say we don't
perceive what we don't value.
I agree that perception (not necessarily human) is a requisite of reality,
as quantum physics has verified. But perception is always "of"
something, even when the something is the nothing of Zen meditation.
What is perceived first in all cases is quality, like the example of the
perceived low quality of sitting on a hot stove Pirsig describes in LILA.
I suppose one can say without going too far astray from the MOQ not
only that "reality is liking" but also "reality is value judgments" or more
simply, "choices." The more choices, the greater the freedom, the
higher the quality. But I ramble.
Platt
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