Interesting "In Our Time" this morning. Subject is Romulus and Remus, but already majoring on the recurring myths aspect.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q02t7 Ian On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Ian Glendinning <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marsha, > > Not sure it was "hyper-rational" parental influence specifically, he > was already dissatisfied with "science" and looking for something - > but Pirsig does strongly emphasise that he gave up any Eastern > interest after this earlier unsatisfactory experience. "Gave up" - his > words. > > It was only after the "seed crystal" in Bozeman, that the story > started to fall into place, and the rest is history. > > Ian > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:48 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> When RMP fled India and the University of Benares, he was twenty-three >> years-old. That was at the beginning of his journey, long before his >> awakening and while he was still under the influence of a hyper-rational >> reality gifted to him by his father. imho That he later helped establish a >> Zen Center points to a reconsidering of Eastern philosophy. >> >> >> >> 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
