Hi all,
I want to share something that I read recently that nearly blew me
away. I assume that other Pirsig fans will appreciate it:
"Love is the relationship between level of reality.
Love produces harmony and is the ruler of the arts. As artists we seek
to achieve, in our art, a state of love.
Love is the attempt to impose order on chaos, meaning on absurdity.
It is inventive, double-natured, holding the keys to everything.
There is love in the cosmos.
Love was born before, and is more potent than, the laws of nature.
Love raises us above the limitations of our bodies and gives us free
will.
We assert the love of man for his fellows.
We assert love as a cosmic force, bringing about creation.
We transform constantly and we remain constant. Music is the bridge
between our worlds. Music liberates and unifies.
We are filled with the madness of love, which leads the mind beyond
understanding towards a vision of beauty and joy. ..."
It's not from the Tao Te Ching and it is not 2400 years old. It comes
from Salman Rushdie's 1999 novel "The Ground Beneath her Feet" (Chapter
14). The novel is about ficticious rock stars, hence the references to
music.
Jonathan
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