LS Re: Meditation

Jason Gaedtke (jgaedtke@scitele.com)
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 19:41:39 +0100

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From: Magnus Berg ÄSMTP:MagnusBÉDataVis.seÅ
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 1997 1:59 PM
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Subject: LS Re: Meditation

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>First I think we should draw a parallel between Phaedrus' experience
>with Quality in the bedless bedroom, staring at the wall for three days
>and three nights, and a Buddhist monk's Enlightenment experience.  This
>parallel is illustrated in The Guidebook to Zen... quite well.  Now, my
>question: would this quiet meditation be a way of removing Dynamic
>Quality or directly experiencing it?  I use Dynamic Quality since the
>experience seems to be far from Static Quality.  Any thoughts?
>
I'd pick the latter. Without having read the Guide
you mentioned, I'd say that it would be a case of
"Ritual" Pirsig talks about. The staring would become
so automatic and all conscious thought would halt. So,
the only thing left would be dynamic Quality.
The only thing "removed" would be almost all levels of
static Quality, at least the intellectual, social and
bilogical levels.
>	Magnus
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I agree with this response.  There is a strong tendency in the West to 
promote rational, logical thought, often denying or repressing its 
irrational, intuitive counterpart.  I think meditation is a vehicle -- 
developed in the East -- for overcoming this crippling habit and realizing 
our full selves.  As Andrew suggested, meditation offers a way to directly 
experience the Dynamic substrate that permeates and defines/creates our 
lives.  Pirsig himself strongly promotes such practice as a path to 
enlightenment.
There is definitely a place and time for rational thought; the key here is 
to complement this with creative, intuitive experiences.  It seems that 
good art and some religious practices offer alternative paths to this same 
goal.  Pirsig's primary thesis in ZMM was that this holistic experience 
could (and should!) be extended to the hum-drum everyday events of our 
lives -- through "caring" and wholehearted engagement.
Jason
 






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