Hi David, On Jun 23, 2013, at 4:08 AM, David Harding <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Marsha: >> What may be interesting about Lila is her *recognizing* the social level's >> "naive realism" in the psychological sense: whatever people think being what >> is "real" - reality. This recognition is evident In Chapter 14: "You don't >> see that. It's your questions that make me who I am. If you think I 'm an >> angel then that's what I am. If you think I'm a whore then that's what I am. >> I'm whatever you think." It is insightful, but I doubt that it would raise >> her to the level of a mystic. > > David: > Yes - there is a difference between the insane Lila and the mystics. While, > as you point out, Lila rejects cultural patterns much like a mystic - she > does eventually settle into (insane) static patterns of her own while a > mystic would reject all patterns including their own. > >> Marsha: >> Perhaps if she had demonstrated this insightful understanding throughout the >> book she might have qualified as a mystic, but she clearly did not. She >> lapsed into pronouncing social judgements based on "whatever she thought" >> quite often. If she had demonstrated a consistent non-attachment to static >> patterns (killed them all), she might have risen to that of a wise sage. >> There was no tragic or happy ending to the story, so we are free to >> speculate, or not. > > David: > I agree. However at the end of the book the talking doll makes it pretty > clear that it's doubtful she'll ever work through these patterns and that > Rigel (with his social moralist ego) has her for life. > Marsha: Yes, it doesn't look good for the Lila character. How about the episode between the Captain and the talking doll - the ritual - and his twirling around like a child - casting aside attachment. Freedom. I see the book, LILA, representing the game of life more attuned to the Hindu Goddess as presented in the website. 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
