Saunders on TRP

[David Morris]

I think Pynchon makes equations for contemplation, not belief, like koans,
because they don't really add up.  I'm thinking of the barber in GR who cut
each hair to a precise length as a means of transmitting messages, like
wavelengths. A triply understanding.

David Morris

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:

>  I guess it's what we take away from our reading, I find the sense
> expressed the temporal bandwidth idea far more appealing than Buddhist
> interpretations.
>
> Rocks aren't enlightened, but they are *totally* there.
>
> cheers
> Mike
>
>
> On 26/03/2014 19:04, David Morris wrote:
>
>  Rocks are known to have an extremely wide temporal bandwith.  Are rocks
> enlightened?
>
> Also, consider what it means to become a crossroads, especially in GR
> context, where mandalas abound.  The crossroads is the center of the
> universe, ie. God.
>
> http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/things/mandalas.htm
> Simply stated, a mandala is a sacred geometric figure that represents the
> universe. When completed, a mandala becomes a sacred area that serves as a
> receptable for deities and a collection point of universal forces. By
> mentally entering a mandala and proceeding to its center, a person is
> symbolically guided through the cosmos to the essence of reality.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:49 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>>  Would you care to expand on what you see as Pynchon's notion of
>> temporal bandwidth?
>>
>> The following isn't Pynchon speaking, is it?
>>
>> "Personal density," Kurt Mondaugen in his Peenemünde office not too many
>> steps away from here, enunciating the Law which will one day bear his name,
>> "is directly proportional to temporal bandwidth." "Temporal bandwidth,"
>> is the width of your present, your now. It is the familiar "[delta-] t"
>> considered as a dependent variable. The more you dwell in the past and in
>> the future, the thicker your bandwidth, the more solid your persona. But
>> the narrower your sense of Now, the more tenuous you are.
>>
>> -Gravity's Rainbow p. 506
>>
>> If someone's bandwidth is zero, maybe that means transcendence of the
>> notion of time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mike.weaver at zen.co.uk');>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Gotta disagree with this very strongly. I think P challenges the
>>> validity of the 'be here now' mentality with his notion of temporal
>>> bandwidth. Slothrop's dissolution (Tempbdwth = 0)is the opposite of
>>> enlightenment.
>>>
>>> David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>>
>>> wrote :
>>> The excluded middle and the middle way are so obviously aligned. Paradox
>>> is Pynchon and Zen. Slothrop found the Tao and his dissolving away is a
>>> common feat of enlightened masters.  Pynchon made Slothrop into a Buddha.
>>> Deal with it.
>>> > David MorrisOn Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Markekohut
>>>
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