[MD] Pirsiq and Depression

[Rebecca Temmer]

Hey Mike,

It strikes me that depression is an indicator that something is out of
balance in your life.  Whether it is physical, social, intellectual or
spiritual ... or a combination of these things.

The thing that I believe Pirsig missed out on in his books is the notion of
balance.  He puts such an emphasis on DQ over SQ and rightfully so if you
interpret them as being like Yin and Yang - all the ten thousand things are
born of 'darkness and darkness within darkness'... however, you need them
both.

Pirsig puts that the commonality between the saviour and the degenerate is
that they both embrace DQ over SQ; IMO, the difference is that the saviour
brings a new balance to the SQ while the degenerate promotes further
imbalance.

!
Rebecca