pynchon-l-digest V2 #1439

[Doug Millison]

"If we can become familiar and comfortable with the idea that makes 
us afraid of death, we shall begin to transform that fear. We shall 
also begin to live our lives more deeply and with more care and 
awareness. When we can envision and accept our own death, we are able 
to let go of many ambitions, worries, and sufferings. In short, we 
are able to let go of all the things which keep us so unnecessarily 
busy. We can begin to live in a way meaningful for ourselves and for 
other species."
--The Blooming of a Lotus, by Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese monk, 
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967 by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther 
King, Jr.; 
http://www.gncom.com/urban/Thich_Nhat_Hanh/thich_nhat_hanh.html)

P.S.  Terrance, thanks for continuing to share the fruit of your 
reading and thought re Pynchon and GR. Ignore the pot shots -- 
obviously it's much easier for some of our number  to throw rocks at 
somebody who's trying to say something than it is to engage that 
person in a discussion of substance.
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