Rog:
I think you'll like Wright's "NonZero." To put his theme in unfairly simple
terms, he takes the idea of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" and
makes it the thrust behind evolution. Ties in nicely with DQ and everything
Pirsig has taught us.
Ken Wilber has been a hero of mine for many years. He's no shallow "new
ager" by a long shot. In fact, in his book "Eye to Eye" he expounds for an
entire chapter on the shortcomings of New Age philosophy (if you can call it
a philosophy), pointing out that at best it's little more than dressed up
pantheism given a scientific gloss by a sprinkling of quantum jargon. I agree
with you that no one beats Wilber for exposing subject/object thought as the
culprit masking reality. The breadth and depth of the man's knowledge of
both Western and Eastern worldviews, past and present, is simply
astounding. Best of all, he writes so plainly even I can understand him.
Having the MOQ under our belts makes reading anyone of a philosphic bent
much more rewarding. For instance, I just finished reading a review in the
N.Y. Times of a new book, "The End of Time" by Julian Barbour who the
Times says is a physicist on a par with Stephen Hawking. When the
reviewer wrote, " Barbour asks what time really is. His answer, in light of all
we know of the physics involved: nothing; time does not exist." I immediately
comprehended. Before reading "Lila" I would have found the idea entirely
foreign and implausible.
Thanks for your post, Rog. I've always felt that in our quest for greater
awareness that we were pretty much on the same page.
Platt
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