Re: rare salinger stories rejected...

True, there's no "relationship," but there is still "compassion" in the sense of
an awareness of your ultimate unity with everything out there...and without
physical proximity there's no compassion...

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

> 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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