Anyone into that cat? i just finished one of his books that my teacher gave
me as a graduation gift: 'The Power of Myth.' his thought is often
reminiscent of Pirsig's- at one point he discusses the difference between
being and becoming, sQ and DQ no doubt. The only difference there is that he
believes being is higher than becoming:
'Let's say you are going to become fully human. In the first few years you
are a child, and that is only a fraction of the human being. In a few more
years you are in adolescence, and that is certainly a fraction of the human
being. In maturity, you are still fractional- you are not a child, but you
are not old yet. There is an image in the Upanishads of the original,
concentrated energy which was the big bang of creation that set forth the
world, consigning all things to the fragmentation of time. but to see
through the fragments of time to the full power of original being- that is a
function of art.'
Being, i think, he connotes with the monk meditating, who is done becoming,
done changing, fully content with where and who he is. the only thing is
that not anyone can simply stop becoming, they would stagnate and waste away.
i think that once one has progressed thru life long enough to gain a true
understanding of it, then it's time for them to simply be. But 99.9% of all
people never acheive that. I could ramble much longer about my equivocal
understanding of the book, but id rather wait till i can hear what other
people think.
rasheed
unscrew the locks from the doors! unscrew the doors themselves from their
jambs!
---- Allen
Ginsberg
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