M/foci....s
I think(?) the topic question is:
Where does Metaphysics of Quality look for (and find) an explanation, or the
reason, for everything?
Which historically; started about:
"The Iliad and Odyssey, at the end of the oral period of Greek culture,...
[heralded] "The great shift in the direction of seeking, which marked the
opening of the modern mind, was the turn to experience. "The Seekers Daniel
J Boorstin p-122
James's definition of Radical Empirism is not far wrong on current status of
this quest. But we must consider..........
'In the Odyssey, Homer describes a wise old man as "the only one who sees
what is in front and what is behind" Naturally, then, they saw themselves
"backing into the future" The Seekers-Daniel J Boorstin p-127
I suggest that now roughly 2000 years and thousands of philosophers later
we've come back to the MoQ under which our experience continues to be "backing
[us] into the future." Try it. I think you'll find it an interesting physical
way to understand the MoQ and possibly get some insight into this month's
topic.
Just do it! Get up and keeping your head fixed forward, No looking back! [to
the future] from where you are walk backward into the kitchen, bathroom or
just across the room to the door. [Hopefully, No one's watching ;-]
Your back is pushing into undefined Quality [the future] with ìDynamic Quality
[as] a stream of quality events going on/[by] for ever and ever, always the
cutting edge of the present. [imagine a plane splitting you from head to toe]
"But in the wake of this cutting edge, [what is in front] are static patterns
of value.î S.O.D.V. pp 12 Which we somehow, we understand, and make choices
sometime, hell most times, make good choices by.
Now that you've stopped laughing, imagine doing this in some place you are
unfamiliar with, and for some reason you had no choice in being there, and
walking backward is your only option. Sounds kind of like being born, doesn't
it.
And all these events are happening simultaneously and dynamically happening on
four different levels or planes of existence.
What caused these events? Or?
Why are these events valued? Or?
Of what value are these events?
"The only difference between causation and the value is that the word "cause"
implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of "value" is one of
preference." RMP Lila Clue?
The MoQ abandons "absolute certainty" in favor of moral choices based on
experienced patterns of values. So when faced with one of those sticky
questions like:
What was the original cause? Or was there one?
I think the MoQ answers; "I don't know" , But........
look to at all the patterns of value you can concerning this issue. Evaluate
them, as best you can, and based on your experience make your best, your most
moral choice and hope that it is a GOOD one, but even if it is don't expect to
know it!
DLT
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