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[redrevolt]

"I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same...I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict."

Socrates

"The world comes to us in an endless stream of puzzle pieces that we

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[dlux20]

great quotes. good stuff. :)

[redrevolt]

Thanks

I love Pirsig's stuff. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one of my favorite books. Well worth checking out.

[shrewsie]

I'm likeing the 1st one but the second one is not setting well, not exactly sure why at the moment...i'll get back to you on it.

Just a Sioux thing?

[shrewsie]

ok so here goes:
it doesn't set well b/c i believe the pieces do fit together but we humans are incapable of figuring out how. On a small scale we might be able to place together a few pieces of the puzzle however not for the grand picture...Some how i think of this as a bit a protection mechanism we have in all of us b/c if we get too caught up in the "bigger plan" and all it's many pieces then we miss out on living...we fall to far into the rabbit hole so to speak.

Re: Just a Sioux thing?

[redrevolt]

True, people can get obsessed with making the pieces fit and some do fit w/o much effort but not all of them. I agree, as a species, I don't think we're capabale of putting them all into place.

Re: Just a Sioux thing?

[shrewsie]

also, he states it as we all think the pieces should fit together when in all actuality not many people think deeply/care enough to even have an opinion one way or the other.
I Like Pirsig, he's a brilliant man, but this is definitely one of his more personalized thoughts and probably one of his earlier thoughts as well. Most likely how he personally viewed Life at that particular time...something tells me it evolved at some point.