Re: godot troubled by zen (intentionally lowercase)
Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:23:42 -0800
Jaramillojp@kktv.com wrote:
> Now for Salinger, he did a great job of
> translating this thinking, (as well as Hinduism which he was really into
> (Teddy) but I'm not so much into because it leaves the realm of science
> or fact and leans toward illogical prayer and dogma) in that he made it
> seeable or real if you will in the fictive space of his stories.
Great post. This last bit is a good arrow: Zen is not illogical, it is
simply no-logic. The thing it's closest to is love. Love has no logic
either, but it's not illogical. I also think dancing has a lot to do with it
too. The best description I've ever seen was...was it a foreword to a Joseph
Campbell book? A western holy man and an eastern holy man were having a
conversation. The western holy man asked the eastern holy man what their
philosophy was. The eastern holy man thought for a bit and then proclaimed
"I don't think we have a philosophy. We just dance."Do you dance? :)
Malcs