Platt Holden (pholden@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:53:20 +0100
Hugo wrote:
> Yes, I did mean the intellectual level of MoQ. You seem to draw something
> like the following conclusion from this: Since SOM is at the intellectual
> level of MoQ, MoQ must be beyond that, sprouting into some new level.
> And I, so far, disagree with this conclusion. This has to do with my
> considering all metaphysics self-reflective, metaphysics is the
> intellectual (still speaking from some MoQ-like stance) endeavour towards
> understanding our selves and our world. And any such endeavour is
> necessarily self-reflective. Self-reflectiveness is dizzying and avoided
by
> most rationally inclined people, - but there is no path toward greater
> awareness if we try to avoid this self-reflective nature of intellectual
> understanding.
Perhaps you're right about the intellectual level being characterized most
by its ability to engage in self-reflection. I've wondered if you've ever
asked yourself who is the self that is doing the reflecting? Who is the
witness to your thoughts? Who is the I that knows me?
My answer is the unknowable, indefinable, "nothing" of Eastern mysticism
from which all arises and all returns in each and every instant, the
Dynamic Qaulity of the MoQ. Does this jibe with your awareness?
Platt
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