Dear Erin,
Thank you for the quote from Learning to Fall. I haven't read it before but
now I will be looking for a copy of it. What a beautiful insight!
The Bard
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> Bard,
>
> I have only read each once so I am looking forward to the re-readings.
> I loved how you expressed the difference!! Sometimes when I try I feel
like I
> am sounding apethetic but "doing nothing" can be done compassionately and
is
> not apethetic.
>
> BARD"In other words, Pirsig learns and teaches us to stop searching, stop
> preaching, stop thinking that we understand and to just LIVE in harmony,
and
> dynamically when the opportunity presents itself."
>
> ERIN: I feel that way completely but doing nothing has been the hardest
thing
> to do. I feel like I keep relearning over and over again.
> Just a quote i would like to share with you
>
> if you have time to chatter, read books
> if you have time to read, walk to mountain,desert, ocean
> if you have time to walk, sing songs, and dance
> if you have time to dance, sit quietly you Happy Lucky Idiot
>
> (from Learning to Fall)
>
> You know what I just realized from reading your post --the difference
between
> riding out west and sailing south. In sailing you get more of the essence
of
> not doing anything...I can picture Pirsig lying there there being carried
> along and letting go.
>
> Thanks, you've helped a lot.
>
> Erin
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
> Dear Erin,
> >
> >Having read your postings regarding ZMM and Lila and how each is
received, I
> am reminded of my experiences with each. Having read ZMM several times
during
> the decades between its release and Lila's, I found each re-reading to be
like
> a door opening just a little further, each
> >time, until I found myself on the other side of that door, seeing the
world
> with a much different perspective. There was a clarity and understanding
that
> I perceived as I thirsted for further reinforcement of what I perceived
was
> true. Then I read Lila. At first, it seemed a
> >continuation of ZMM. But about two thirds of the way through the book,
the
> entire world on the other side of that door exploded into a million new
> directions (not unlike Pirsig's lucid description in ZMM when he describes
how
> some answers, the best ones, open up so many new questions
> >that are more important than the first, and lead us in new unpredicted
> directions). Then it was apparent. The only time that we really ever know
all
> that there is a need to know is when we know that we know nothing. IMHO,
> Pirsig is taking the reader on the journey to search for
> >further meaning and understanding of the MOQ (read Tao) but realizes as
> Lao-Tzu did 2500 years ago that the "Tao is nowhere to be found yet it
> sustains, nourishes, and completes all that is." In other words, Pirsig
learns
> and teaches us to stop searching, stop preaching, stop thinking
> >that we understand and to just LIVE in harmony, and dynamically when the
> opportunity presents itself. Lila is less about the "laws and science" of
the
> MOQ and more about the qualities of compassion and stewardship. It is the
new
> testament of the MOQ.
> >
> >Why is it the smart one? Because it's the last one that he wrote and he
was
> smarter when he wrote it.
> >
> >Regards,
> >The Bard
>
>
>
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