Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence

[Bustanut joker]

Seeins' I'm not doing any riding I've been doing a whole lot of reading. I try to limit my reading to books with lots pictures. The more necked ladies, the longer it takes to read . Maybe this "zen" thing might be something I'd like

:jester:

 

[odot]

Bust, there's some pretty good "websites" out there for nackend ladies too.....

 

[Jetmaker737]

The book is part story and part philosposhy. And on the latter it deals with more than one. I am an engineer and also somewhat of a dabbler in philosophy and psychology. I read the book a couple of years ago and found it to be one of the best I have read in the last several years.

 

[SMC]

I'm with the seemingly large group that doesn't quite see the points the author is trying to make. I get the idea he is trying very hard to communicate something profound to me, but our individual operational wave lengths don't overlap enough for that to happen very often. I'm apparently wired to respond to things that are fairly literal in their intrerpretation and this book strays too far from that concept for me.

:blink: Ditto, tried to read it, didn't get it and seemed to be a bunch of droning about ?...Guess I'm not that deep of a person...guess I'm a pretty literal person too!

 

[James Burleigh]

Timbo - I feel your pain, that's where I am in the book. Gotta admit, your comments mirror my thoughts! I'm gonna try and struggle thru the rest just so I can say I read the WHOLE thing. Maybe there's a pony in the pile somewhere.

I often have people, once they hear I ride, ask if I've read the book. As a person with an undergraduate degree in philosophy, I never wanted to read it, because I always figured it would be "pop" philosophy and that I'd find it badly written and shallow. I still imagine that.

Nevertheless, I do hope some day to come across it used for a few bucks and pick it up. Because in spite of what I just said, I do like to give things a chance and not pre-judge. If nothing else, I want to peruse the writing to see the style and type of argument. Some of the postings in this thread suggest it may be abstruse and pedantic (like that sentence).

JB

You know another popular, best-seller book I read to my son when he was young, and that I hated so much once we got into it but that he loved so much I couldn't stop and had to plow through the whole, long, pedantic, over-written, boring book? Watership Down.

 

[Khunajawdge]

The book is part story and part philosposhy. And on the latter it deals with more than one. I am an engineer and also somewhat of a dabbler in philosophy and psychology. I read the book a couple of years ago and found it to be one of the best I have read in the last several years.

Persig stumbled upon something missing in his own life and tried to fill it in, with his documented travels in his book.

Perhaps you would enjoy the works of Carl Jung? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

FWIW - I am a believer in Jung!

 

[Pjturbo]

I believe in Young also. Unfortunately, my body rejected it decades ago and now refuses to entertain any dicussion on the subject.

Old Phil

 

[odot]

Watership down was a cool *** cartoon.....

 

[Jetmaker737]

The book is part story and part philosposhy. And on the latter it deals with more than one. I am an engineer and also somewhat of a dabbler in philosophy and psychology. I read the book a couple of years ago and found it to be one of the best I have read in the last several years.

Persig stumbled upon something missing in his own life and tried to fill it in, with his documented travels in his book.

Perhaps you would enjoy the works of Carl Jung? see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

FWIW - I am a believer in Jung!

Hey Khuna, Funny you'd mention that because I am totally fascinated by Carl Jung. I started with "Modern Man in Search of a Soul"... read each chapter like 3 times. Scribbled tons of notes in it. Very concept-dense material! I've read "Undiscovered Self", and am now working on "Memories, Dreams, and Reflections"

Don't know why Jung is not more accepted these days. Freud is a whacked out nutcase, but Jung is awesome.

 

[ndivita]

It is and was a very influential book. I read it circa 1976. Still have it. Well worth reading. Right up there with "The Screwtape Letters" in terms of its ability to provoke thought.