Subject: Re: Franny Bashing
From: Paul Miller (phm@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Fri Oct 19 2001 - 14:34:16 GMT
Jim wrote:
action done for Christ within Christian
thought, without reference to the monism that you see in the Vedas and
related literature...--------------------------------------
I really think that it is more pantheism in view here with the statement in
F&Z, after all anyone who admits to being made of the same atoms as
everything else could broadly be called monistic while Salinger seems to be
pitching towards the devine or sacred as all things. Examples from his other
work being, DDSBP everyone is a nun, Teddy's god drinking god, all we ever
do is go from holy ground to holy ground from ending of SaI.
Good :) I take it she knows Salinger and what he was thinking while
writing F&Z? :)----------------------------------------------------------
Jesting I know, but do any of us know all that? We are mainly just working
with his writings and maybe a little we know about the man.
Nah, I don't think the idea means nothing -- it's an attempt to get us to
identify the "common" people around us with our highest aspirations. I
think that's a pretty important idea.
Jim---------------------------------------------
Is this what you get out of it or what you think Salinger was doing by
saying everyone is christ. I think for Salinger this came out of his
Vedantic reading and beliefs. When you say "identify the "common" people
around us with our highest aspirations" what are you saying? Sorry I'm a
little thick, can you break this down to a clearer statement?
Paul
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