[MD] Pirsig/James connection

[MarshaV]

Matt,

I believe I confessed to you that I was quite capable of being a bully too.


Marsha 



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[mailto:moq_discuss-bounces at lists.moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of Matt Kundert
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig/James connection


It is so very difficult to not sound arrogant or ego-centered when
declaiming arrogance and egocentricity with exclamation points behind
"arrogance" and "me".

It's easy to demand that everyone plant their own garden--it's much more
difficult to actually let them.

> From: valkyr at att.net
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:41:06 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig/James connection
> 
> Dave,
> 
> No need to exaggerate. I've learned to ignore 'Platt and Arlo Do
Politics',
> there's very little effort involved. 
> 
> I was once interested enough to read, directly and on my own, many of the
> Western philosophers.  And I remember being very annoyed that they were
not
> writing or even caring, it seemed to me, for anyone but each other.
> Intellectuals impressing other intellectuals.   Arrogant!  Western
> philosophers seem like physicists with their own special language, and
their
> own special point-of-view, concerned with their own special clique of
> "elites".  I've always thought of the MoQ as forging a new way, one that
> adds value back into the Western experience, one that brings together
> Eastern wisdom and Western knowledge. 
> 
> Peace.
> 
> 
> Marsha
Greetings Dave,
 
Hmmm.  Not impressed.  Something about your explanation is smelly.  It has
always seemed to me that most Western philosophers write for their ego
enhancement.   Personally, what I found most rewarding was finding two
books, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and LILA, written for me.
Me!!!  Attempting to explain to me!!! 

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