clark (clark@netsites.net)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 04:46:14 +0100
Diana,
The only thing I would change in your post would be where you say, "the
only thing that matters is whats true for you personally, And (not or)
whats true for your existence. (I think thats close).
It seems to me that what Pirsig has done for us is to show us that there
is a Dynamic Quality that has always operated in the affairs of WOMAN even
before we were introduced to the idea, that is, since we became sentient
beings. In addition to this subconscious subservience to Dynamic Quality he
has made us aware of its operation and introduced the idea into our static
patterns of value so that we might have some degree of control over the
conscious process.
As I see it, this has made it unnecessary for us to agonize over the
workings of our brains (someone said that it is similar to trying to find
out how a watch operates by smashing it open with a hammer) and simply
devote ourselves to monitoring its operation. We can now sit back and relax
and wait for the science nerds to work out the physical operation. We now
have an understandable process which will keep us occupied and satisfied
until that time. We don't even need to know how the brain operates with
this system.
It seems to me that the trouble the squad is having is keeping the two
systems separate in our minds. Moral and good in the unconscious system is
not necessarily the same as moral and good in the conscious system.
Moral and good in the first is solely concerned with our universal
situation and moral and good in the second also includes interaction at the
human level because it is a part of our consciousness.
If I look at it this way it clears up the ambiguities for me.
If we look at it this way we also don't have to worry about what the
Philosophers have said in the past. They never did speak to me anyway. They
just took what someone else said and tried to figure out where he was
wrong.
I guess we could say that some of them did get pretty close to the MOQ.
Ken
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