RE: rare salinger stories rejected...

exactly, dissolution removes boundaries destroying Id (a term a budhist
coworker uses alot) so with seperate ID's there is no relationship. Maybe
my mathmetics training overly influences me but self interacting with self
is not a relationship as far as I understand the word relationship.
Everything that I have found to be beautiful, inspiring(poetically), etc has
been about relationships. Like dancing moving together and apart. If
you're a drop in the bucket you have dissolution and no dance. I guess why
I bring this topic up is that when I introduced myself I said that JDS's
work fascinated but I wasn't sure, I think I know now.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Rovira [mailto:jrovira@drew.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:27 PM
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Subject: Re: rare salinger stories rejected...

Salinger's take on Zen seems to emphasize detachment, but I never really
understood detachment in the few buddhist texts I've read to really mean
physical isolation -- it seemed more like your attitude toward the things
around
you, not their physical proximity to you. I think the dissolution of the
boundaries of the self is the ultimate goal.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

> If life's about relationships (which I do believe) then JDS has been in a
> quasi death (as far as his self imposed isolation goes). Like the movie
> castaway (I'm not a big fan) the only one who will miss you is Wilson, is
> that maia? Am I miscomprehending Zen Budhism but isn't the isolation of
the
> Id/self or whatever the goal? I play Kendo, and so am a little familiar
> with Zen Budhism but I enjoy it most when I am not playing alone nor as a
> drop in the ocean.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Rovira [mailto:jrovira@drew.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> Subject: Re: rare salinger stories rejected...
>
> You said you wished that Salinger would die sooner so we could get his
> stories
> sooner :). I'm sure you were kidding, but...
>
> ehm....think about it :).
>
> I
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