Saturday, July 4, 2009

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- Excerpts

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“ In a car you’re always in a compartment, and because you’re used to it you don’t realise that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You’re a passive observer an it is all moving by you boringly in a frame”.

Page 5
“The hereness and nowness of things”
“Truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth’”

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Unless you’re fond of hollering you don’t make great conversations on a running cycle. Instead you spend your time being aware of things and meditating on them

We re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day to day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that its all gone.
The stream of consciousness runs broader now, but runs less deep

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