But who was the old personality whom they had known and presumed I was a continuation of?-Robert Pirsig Robert Persig’s 1974 book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, is the story of a madman’s road trip across the country with his son in tow. There is a lot of talk about the meaning of things, and there is a lot of talk about motorcycles. So much talk about motorcycles that I was briefly infatuated with the idea of buying one after reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. But it was really the madness…
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Zen and Juggling
Zen-doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insightJuggling-throwing and catching several objects simultaneouslyZen Juggling-Enlightenment through throwing and catching. Ok, not really an original idea, there was a book about enlightenment through juggling that was kind of a fun idea, but ended up being totally silly. Kind of like, well, what did you expect?I’m not sure. Maybe it was just me that was silly. After a while you read enough books on finding wise and important people at gas stations or flying planes or selling robes that you just kind of expect all books to hold some kind of…