[MD] Daffodils: a religion of experience.

[Platt Holden]

> At 06:02 PM 4/16/2009, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
> > >      by William Wordsworth
> > >       recited by Bullwinkle
> >
> > > For oft, when on my couch I lie
> > > In vacant or in pensive mood,
> > > They flash upon that inward eye
> > > Which is the bliss of solitude;
> > > And then my heart with pleasure fills,
> > > And dances with the daffodils.
> >
> >It is the evolution of the "inward eye" from miniscule prehension to
> cosmic
> >awareness that needs explanation. A lucky buildup of nerve tissue into
> a
> >3lb bulb of electric meat just doesn't hack it.
> >
> >Pirsig's explanation -- a
> >natural thrust to be better off  --  fits the empirical evidence.
> >
> 
> Yes it does, Platt, yes it does...

Marsha:

Glad you quoted Wordsworth. Of all the poets he is my favorite. 

Platt