Magnus Berg (qmgb@bull.se)
Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:40:10 +0100
Hi Mark.
> I've been exploring the idea that there exists a level above the
> intellectual, which seeks freedom from it. This strata concerns itself
> with faith, and I've been calling it Spiritual Values. Mystical
> experiences would be considered spiritual values. They certainly are
> not social value nor are they intellectual.
>
> What are your first impressions of this idea?
It's been up for discussion before here on TLS. Not exactly the term
"Spiritual Values" but some similar. First of all, I think that all
levels have no idea about any higher levels. Inorganic patterns are
not aware of organic manipulation and so on. So, we wouldn't
intellectually be able to see any higher levels.
Second, since this higher level is not definable, Mystical experiences
would hardly be mystic if they were defined, it is not a static level,
hence Dynamic Quality mediating intellectual patterns.
Third, my impressions are that people suggesting a higher level don't
want it to be static in the first place. It seems to be the same kind of
misguided reaction to intellectual patterns as the hippies' reaction to
social patterns.
I'm sorry if I'm sounding categorical but as Maggie use to say,
push back.
Magnus
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