>ERIN: They were Confuscius in bad times, Buddhists in good times, and Zen in
>old age.
I wouldn't put too much faith in Zen. I studied it for five years and look how I turned out.
>I am new to the group, 27 years young and learning a hell of a lot
>from these OLD GUYS, I wish I knew they existed 5 years ago.
So what have you learned?
>KILLERBLADE
>>Nope, it seems that the participants are quite happy just to wallow in that
>muddle as if that’s all there is and all there ever could be. My
>interpretation of LILA was that it was supposed to be a starting point—the
>first few steps on the way to a new metaphysics. But this group actually
>> thinks that LILA is the last word on metaphysics and you’re actually patting
>yourselves on the back for going round in circles for five years! What a
>complete joke.
>>
>
>ERIN: That muddle is the primordial ooze from which you sprung and the joke is
>on you!
Gosh that really hurt my feelings. How did you know I'm from Cardiff?
>KILLERBLADE's "insight" on Pirsig's novel
>No serious challenges, no additions, no clarification of his frankly EXTREMELY
>MUDDLED book
Uh, what I said was that this website has done none of the above, and if LILA isn't extremely muddled could you please explain it to me.
>ERIN: I am sorry I didn't catch the title of your novel, I am dying to read
>it.
Right. That makes a lot of sense. Well this has been constructive hasn't it. I made several reasonable points, you could agree or you could disagree but instead you respond by throwing about insults and poor attempts at sarcasm. This is what this website is all about. Thanks for demonstrating it
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