On 6/5/11 6:50 AM, "118" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 6/2/11 8:48 PM, "118" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>> In my opinion, Pirsig has no idea what is meant by mysticism. James
>>> has a much better idea since he spoke with many mystics while
>>> researching "The Varieties". But even then, James must speak of such
>>> a thing as a third person. For even if he was a mystic (which I
>>> believe he was), it is not something one can write about in a book,
>>> except indirectly. Pirsig, in his naivete on the whole subject,
>>> compares it to being on peyote, which could not be farther from the
>>> truth. While peyote is a tool, it does not create the mystical
>>> experience. So, any time I read the word "mystic" being used in some
>>> fantastic capacity, I can only smile. Much of our daily life is
>>> mystical. It only becomes not-so, when we communicate about it.
>> <snip>
Hi Mark,
Pirsig proposes a DQ/SQ basis of metaphysics. And then you write he has no
idea what is meant by mysticism. You must be defining "mysticism" in the
light of SOM metaphysics, as a mathematical language and only initiates who
have studied Mathematics long and hard can experience it.
James has a much better idea? Mystics??
For even if he was a mystic (which I
>>> believe he was), it is not something one can write about in a book,
>>> except indirectly. ?????????
Etc.,etc, etc. You use words in a strange way.
Joe
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