Mythos/Logos MOQ

Just some discussion about Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila.
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Robert Pirsig writes in "Lila" that Quality contains a dynamic good in addition to a static good. This dynamic good consists of a search for “betterness” that is unplanned and has no specific destination, but is nevertheless responsible for all progress. Once a dynamic good...See more

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Have you read the Tao of Bruce Lee? There’s a lot in this to consider, the illusion of reality, the getting past the duality of self and object of self, past mind and matter. Dharma, the Good of Plato, the areté of Homer don't really fit. It's more like God, the Great Mystery...See more

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The 'It' the Master speaks of would be the Dynamic Quality Pirsig speaks of in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and "Lila"; https://kufudokan.org.au/documents/zen-in-the-art-of-archery.pdf

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***The term logos, the root word of ``logic,'' refers to the sum total of our rational understanding of the world. Mythos is the sum total of the early historic and prehistoric myths which preceded the logos. The mythos includes not only the Greek myths but the Old Testament, the...See more

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I think this report will support Pirsig’s view of the world, the Mythos of our Logos being questioned. (My thoughts) If you were to blow up the nucleus, the protons and neutrons of the atom, the nucleus to the size of a pebble, the electrons might encircle a city block. The atom...See more

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The Elders don’t teach or preach, as they know we don’t find our way through their words, but the words of the Creator. Their stories are metaphors, but this doesn’t mean their stories aren’t real. All religions and spirituality use metaphors. Science, math and art are metaphors...See more

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Just some discussion about Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila.