Some Of the Dharma

[Artguy]

...Kerouac's musings on his Buddhist experience...never ceases to amaze me ...every page...any page...I just pick it up open to any page and get connected...

[Arcadia]

If I remember well I asked somebody in Litkicks to transcript some parts of the book because I couldn't find it here, but he/she never did it.
I asked the same to you, if you have time and want to do it.
saludos,

Arcadia

[Artguy]

Love to Amigo ...but big fingers small buttons...it would take me forever...try Indigo.com

[firsty]

great book. impossible to transcribe, as it's layed out deliberately and complex by kerouac himself, all over the place, it's a visual and spiritual dream.

[Arcadia]

thanks, I'll try it!

[Arcadia]

let's see:

. dissecting kits: well, I really hate animales disecados
. dental tools: mmm... I'm not in the mood to give a present to my dentist
. human histology images: wow, they reminded me first Medicine year!
. horseshoe magnets: this one is very intriguing
. John Walker music tuning: a whisky/radio??

really esoteric site!
saludos,

Arcadia

[Artguy]

OOPS sorry I meant Amazon.com.............

[Arcadia]

I forgive you son..., I like your paintings!
It's 24th today, no?, well, at this time of the month Amazonas (are the owners brazilian?, what a name...) is science fiction: I don't have international credit cards and I only have 60 pesos to spend until the 2nd of June...

[jimboloco]

I have that tome too,
mercy, it's a classic incredulum.


the ghost of kerouack
spionning dharma karma


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THE ICE SKATE TAO
It isn't time that dulls the
edge of the blade, it's things.
My ice skates haven't been used since 1938.
They're still sharp, no ice has
rubbed the edges. He who ignores
things has made time disappear.

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page 121

I only have 60 pesos to spend until the 2nd of June...

viva la fridA!

[Arcadia]

"it's a classic incredulum".

sounds good, thanks!

[stilltrucking]

He who ignores
things has made time disappear.

walking an earth that is disapearing from under our feet.

He knew time.

He sure was dumb about women,
"A writer or artist could be the manure from which his art grows". - paraphrase of Nietzsche

So many good books.

[e_dog]

kerouac was a genius about everything.

played zen tricks, re: vietnam, for example.

[stilltrucking]

"I could tell she was going to grow up to be a real gone chick" (quoted from memory)
He was talking about the ten year daughter of the oakie truck driver in On The Road

Them real gone chicks ain't what they used to be. What exactly was a real gone chick to him?

I think of Carolyn Cassady getting tired of his late night drunk phone calls, she pretended she could not hear him because of bad phone connection. Eventualy he stopped calling her. This was in the late sixties just before he died. I love Kerouac, if Shakespear had his foibles, god knows st jack had his.

[firsty]

all the beats were misogynist to some degree. not sure what it has to do with some of the dharma. buddhist monks oppose homosexuality, despite all the bullshit.

art is not human. artists are.

[Artguy]

Firsty put it into context...misoginy now and then...also JK was a very spiritual man...Some Of The Dharma is one of the most important pieces of dharma lit of the 20th century. As far as Homosexuality goes I know the centre where I practice makes a great deal of effort to include the gay community in our agenda......sorry for ranting but I have studied every word JK has ever written and I still don't believe he receives all the credit he deserves...