Matt, I believe I confessed to you that I was quite capable of being a bully too.
Marsha -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Kundert Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:39 PM To: [email protected] 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: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > 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!!! _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
