[MD] A Confusion of Weasels

[Ian Glendinning]

Thanks Matt, hear hear ....

... as I've said, popularity is a lousy measure of success.
And
... take care of your own understanding .... and stop attacking the
confusion (windmills) you perceive in others.

It takes a weasel to know one.
Ian
PS What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Matt Kundert
<pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>

>
> Matt:
> I'm not sure "Why is Pirsig's philosophy not catching on?" is an
> interesting question, or at least--it shouldn't be the first question for
> the Pirsigian.  If it has priority, posing a question that way to yourself
> leads too easily to bad rationalizations.  "Why aren't I more popular?
> Well, it must be because people aren't as cool as I am!"  And there's
> already a little bit too much of this going around.

> ...SNIP ...

> Is Pirsig confused?  Maybe, but if you take care of yourself first, you'll
> take care of Pirsig first.  And if you take care of Pirsig first, you'll
> more likely figure out for yourself whether he's really confused or
> not.  And if you continue to take care of yourself first, you'll more
> likely leave the weasel-like behavior to others, for or against his
> confusion.
>
> Matt
>