WALTER.
You can't leave before you have cleared up a mystery. You quote
Ken Clark's:
> > .... If this is so then it seems to me that perhaps we
> > should begin with universal Quality in mind and recognize that
> > human Quality should fit within the overall requirements of
> > universal Quality. I suspect that such an approach would alleviate
> > many of the value and morality problems we are having when we view
> > the human situation in isolation
and say:
> This is exactly what I feel and for which I welcomed Keith's post
What exactly is the "universal quality" as different from "human
quality"?
Bodvar,
The question you have raised is the question that some of us have been
crying in the wilderness about for quite some time.
My view of Quality is that it came into existence (operation) at the time
of the beginning of the universe and the force of Quality is responsible
for everything that has happened since. In this view the universe is a
living entity operating under the guidance of quality and does not require
sentience, or even life, to function. This Quality force resulted in the
physical parameters that produced the inorganic organaization that resulted
in prebiotic molecules, then biotic molecules, then life in all of its
complexity. This life, us, for instance, is just one of the expressions of
the underlying universal quality which controls the ongoing functioning of
the universe and will continue to control it until the universe reaches
whatever end, if any, it is headed toward.
Resulting from the underlying universal Quality eventually comes
sentience in the form of humanity which eventually builds up the knowledge
and understanding to recognize that there is such a thing as Quality
operating in the universe. The problem is that humanity, so far, perceives
Quality as applying solely to the human situation. Many of us have not yet
grasped the idea that the Quality force originated with the universe and
that the human perception of Quality is just an offshoot of universal
Quality. Sentient (human) Quality is, to some extent, under the control of
the human mind and thus does not necessarily operate in accordance with
universal Quality. Universal Quality and sentient Quality may well be at
odds with each other. It seems obvious to me that this is the case in some
instances. The task of the Squad is to keep our eyes firmly fixed on the
requirements of universal Quality and judge the operation of sentient
Quality in that light. If we look at the history of the biosphere we can
see that sentient Quality is causing a problem with regard to universal
Quality.
Hope I have made myself clear. Ken
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