[Arlo]
I think Pirsig's points about the Indians can be summarized as such (add
any you feel I missed).
American culture is a synthesis of European and Indian values.
[x]
(jury still out but they had a good social model)*see the possible
effects of (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) on the ideals of Jefferson
That were popular at the time.
[Arlo]
Peyote, like the hippie LSD or Zen's meditation, is a de-hallucinogenic
which opens the mind to DQ.
[x]
( induced psychosis )
[Arlo]
Indians, like Zen, consider the "true nature of reality to be
undivided".
Indian "engagement" parallels Rte, ritual, where subject and object are
not apart, this extends to speaking as well as acting.
The most important idea of the Indians was "freedom from a social
hierarchy".
A crisis of modern American is the tension between "freedom" (Indian)
and "order" (European).
[x]
You hit it as I see it. Lila in a nut shell. {the tension between
"freedom" (Indian) and "order" (European).} the tension between
Lila and the captain..it's what the book is about..tension between
static and dynamic..male/female.
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