Hello,
I've just recently started browsing the MOQ website. I am particularly
interested in language and psychology. In Lila Pirsig mentions that using
a subject-object approach to insanity will only lead to patternerned solutions
and that a mystic approach is needed. If you take this advice with a comment
by the author R.A. Wilson on zen experience "I seem to be a verb" it is
really interesting (i think he mentions the idea is origninally from Ezra
Pound).
Grammar can be broken down to Subject-Verb-Object. I think Wilson's idea
expresses Pirsig beautifully. If you think of yourself as a verb or process
rather than an object you are less likely to be static.
I also have interest in what this says about psychology. Most psychology to me
seems to promote having a stable, strong sense of self to be "healthy" .
Wilson and I think Pirsig are arguing this stable sense of self is static.
How can you have a really stable sense of self and still be dynamic? Does a
mystic have both?
Also for all the emails written concerning whether Osama is right or the US is
right I think you should read the Dali Lama's letter to the president and to
try to avoid "fixed conceptions on how to deal with such attacks"
Your Excellency,
I am deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks that took place involving four
apparently hijacked aircrafts and the immense devastation these caused. It is
a terrible tragedy that so many innocent lives have been lost and it seems
unbelievable that anyone would choose to target the World Trade Center in New
York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. We are deeply saddened. On
behalf of the Tibetan people I would like to convey our deepest condolence and
solidarity with the American people during this painful time. Our prayers go
out to the many who have lost their lives, those who have been injured and the
many more who have been traumatized by this senseless act of violence. I am at
tending a special prayer for the United States and it's people at our main
temple today.
I am confident that the United States as a great and powerful nation will be
able to overcome this present tragedy. The American people have shown their
resilience, courage and determination when faced with such difficult and sad
situation.
It may seem presumptuous on my part, but I personally believe we need to think
seriously whether a violent action is the right thing to do and in the greater
interest of the nation and people in the long run. I believe violence will
only increase the cycle of violence. But how do we deal with hatred and anger,
which are often the root causes of such senseless violence? This is a very
difficult question, especially when it concerns a nation and we have certain
fixed conceptions of how to deal with such attacks. I am sure that you will
make the right decision.
With my prayers and good wishes
The Dalai Lama
September 12, 2001
Dharamsala, India
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