From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 03:50:40 BST
Sam and all:
I still have to read the rest of the posts in this thread, but wanted to
answer one of your points before going home tonight...
dmb said to Sam:
...but you seem to be insisting that very certain and specific static forms
are required to complete the journey. These are the very forms that are
broken. These are the forms that make up the debris and silt that Pirsig is
talking about. In Lila he calls it clap trap.
Sam Norton replied:
Maybe they're broken for you, I don't think that means they're broken
universally. What SQ rungs do you find useful? The ones I find useful are
all the ones associated with the Christian path. What are yours?
dmb says:
Broken for me? C'mon Sam. I'm refering to a historical reality that occured
before we were born and its not just a matter of taste. (I assume you
understand that I am talking about the death of God. I'm talking about the
problem we educated modern Westerners have in maintaining a belief in
creation, virgin births, miracles, the ressurection, etc., etc..) The
Catholic church, for example, is shrinking in the West for the very same
reason that it is growing in Latin America, Africa and other non-Western
cultures, where they just love to believe in visions and miracles. That's
what I mean by broken.
What static forms to I find useful in the process of discovery? This should
not be a mystery to you, old friend. I love philosophy, comparative
religion, mythology, psychology, and art. Considering the fact that just
about everything that has ever been written can now be found with ease - and
nobody is going to burn you at the stake for reading it - I find it
impossible to choose a narrow path.
Please feel free to offer a contrary view, but as far as I know, people who
follow the Christian path exclusively find nothing but Christianity. I mean,
do you know of anyone who has followed Christianity to find a more universal
truth? Is there a Christian who reached the mountian top and said, "Gee,
those Buddhist really have a good point."? Or anyting of the sort? Please
take this in the spirit it was intended; I'm genuinely curious and yet very
skeptical too.
Thanks,
dmb
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