Re: HELP
AntiUtopia (AntiUtopia@aol.com)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 12:17:43 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-12-31 02:25:59 EST, you write:
<< I don't know...
I think Seymour killed himself because he loved the world too much, which
interfered
with his Dharma.
I think, if Seymour had had the Internet, he might've lived forever.
Brendan
>>
Ooh, that was good, Brendan. That fits something I've been thinking about the
child in that last story in Nine Stories--"Teddy." I think he's supposed to
be the reincarnation of Seymour.
It's on page 188 of that neato white covered paperback edition that's matches
all the other neato white paperback editions....
"I met a lady, and I sort of stopped meditating....I wouldn't have had to get
reincarnated in an American body if I hadn't met that lady. I mean it's very
hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America." The Teddy character
seems to be a preview of the child in Hapworth 21 and a reflection of the
children in the Glass family.
So I think you're on to something there. Seymour, to get happiness with
Muriel, had to cut himself off from a pretty important part of himself, and he
couldn't live with himself...
Jim