From: Steve Peterson (peterson.steve@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 13:19:02 BST
All,
> Steve said:
> Since Pirsig considers himself "a Zen person," it is doubtful to me that he
> would see "being trapped in words" as anything other than a corruption of
> experience.
>
> Matt:
> Ah, but see your reading Pirsig as buying into metaphysics, or rather, as
> buying into language as a medium between us and reality. I think Pirsig
> sometimes makes motions towards the pragmatist misreading I've done, but I
> would still agree that Pirsig may still be, as I would put it, caught in an
> outdated conversation.
Maybe someone who is more knowledgeable than I am about Zen could explain
how Zen and being "trapped in words" may be related.
I think Matt may be right in thinking that a Zen person would see "language
as a medium between us and reality," but would mean it in a very negative
way.
Would a Zen person agree that our attachment to words (and the pairs of
opposites that they imply) prevents us from experiencing reality as it
really is?
Thanks,
Steve
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