This interview with Robert Prisig was done just after the publication of Lila, Robert's 2nd book.
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@Naqsipsaq3 жыл бұрын
This book changes my life. The metaphysics of quality is a key to problem solving and I use it on a daily basis. Dynamic and static value open the door to that other map for navigating every day challenges and seeing reality in its most basic form.
@Mediumal3 жыл бұрын
Lila was like the completion of Pirsig's thoughts on a very deep subject.
@hermanhelmich5 жыл бұрын
Much more joyful and funny than i thought he would be. LILA is my personal bible Brilliant man
@UnderBridge5 жыл бұрын
I love Zen and the Art. I´m still processing it since 1 year ago, when I finished reading it. Maybe I´m ready for Lila. Robert Pirsig is a true philosopher of this times, as great as those great greek ones.
@jasongravely72172 жыл бұрын
I just finished Zen and AOMM and am so excited to continue on with Lila!
@hermanhelmich Жыл бұрын
@@jasongravely7217 And…. Did it blow you away? Love to know what your thoughts are?
@hermanhelmich Жыл бұрын
@@UnderBridge. And…. Did you start, maybe even finish it ? Like to know what your thoughts are ?
@davidvanderbeek979410 ай бұрын
Nobody is able to connect interlectuel Philosofie to eastern silence as this Humble man. Love it!
@antokindness5 жыл бұрын
How lucky I was to get in touch with this genius! And how brave of me to persevere in reading its two books UNTIL I understood its MOQ fully. Thabks soo much, dr Pirsig!
@ARIZJOE Жыл бұрын
For such a heavy topic, metaphysics, epistemology, Kantian philosophy, I thought Pirsig did a Herculean job making it clear and comprehensible. Pirsig complained way back around 1970 about society being, "an endless parade of trivia and fashion." Boy, could we use Pirsig now to attempt to dismantle social media. A professor in England who worked with Pirsig told me that he had a high regard for Joseph Campbell
@thesoundsofonehandclapping Жыл бұрын
Pirsig mentions ''Masks of God'' in Lila, which is the title of a series of books written by Joseph Campbell. In Lila there is also a passage on the meaning and 'truth' about dreams, which implicitly suggests Pirsig might have been a fan of Carl Jung as well. If anything, both Jungian psychology and the work of Joseph Campbell go very well with Pirsig's own thought. :)
@jenniferspring87414 жыл бұрын
The interviewer did a fantastic job.
@CarmonBenford Жыл бұрын
I agree., and I really like Pirsig's freedom and uninhibition. Not surprised, based on the joy I experienced reading both of his books.
@krishnathapa1774 жыл бұрын
Lila could not be underrated!
@whalingwithishmael77515 жыл бұрын
Good interview - I love Pirsig and this interviewer’s voice is very good
@fazehasoon55594 жыл бұрын
This is a great interview, thanks for sharing. I'd like to state i do believe in your quality of metaphysics
@AL_THOMAS_777 Жыл бұрын
His lesson about the pernicious v a l u e r i g i d i t y alone is a BIG gem !!!
@clairmontlodgesurvivorsclu45212 жыл бұрын
This interview answered one question and raised another. For years, I wondered why Pirsig didn't produce any more work. Now I wonder why more writers don't stop when they have said all they need (or want) to say.
@bookislife74053 жыл бұрын
Why people would never understand it all the way, he spends 15 years writing it, and the average person maybe took 1 week to read it there is asymmetrical in it. You have to read every passage and think hard about it and not move on until you understand it, it may take 15 years but that's fine
@Nautilus19724 жыл бұрын
I read both books at least ten times each. It wasn't that he wasn't clear about the expression of his ideas on the MOQ that has more to do with my lack of intelligence.
@davidodysseus28082 жыл бұрын
Moq? Meaning of quality?
@tjeerdvandermeulen5651 Жыл бұрын
I am with you on that....
@martycrow2 жыл бұрын
We need this exploration and psychic integration with this thing that Prisig calls 'Quality' more than ever. It is essential for us to go forward as a species.
@hermanhelmich Жыл бұрын
I agree, it could turn out to be a manual for life…
@Mediumal3 жыл бұрын
“Lila is a Sanskrit noun meaning ”sport” or “play” that has been the central term in the Hindu elaboration of the idea that God in his creating and governing of the world is moved not by need or necessity but by a free and joyous creativity that is integral to his own nature”...
@ranga386fe3 жыл бұрын
and I (as an Indian) agree - Lila/Leela is indeed a play - if the author did get indeed inspired by its Sanskrit's root - but is pronounced "Leela"
@dr.myungjunkim70652 жыл бұрын
Where is it written?
@Mediumal2 жыл бұрын
@@ranga386fe I was going to add that of course in ascribing these attributes to God we are in fact merely projecting our own nature and inclinations onto Him. For isn’t it true that of all of God’s creatures we are the Supreme Beings of Sport and Play. We invent so many things to amuse ourselves with and remould Nature in so many different ways that other animals which share this speck of dust called Earth with us simply cannot.
@MarkAhrens-HeritageFilms5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! Lila was more important to me.
@scottperry95815 жыл бұрын
I agree. As brilliant as ZMM is (I've read it a dozen times), I think it pales in comparison to Lila.
@richarddurocher26055 жыл бұрын
Named my daughter Lila
@hermanhelmich5 жыл бұрын
Mark Ahrens agree.. LILA is like a heavenly candystore in philosophy to me... all time favorite
@mywarrenmosler2 жыл бұрын
I've called it Zen times ten.
@bluegiant134 жыл бұрын
I only read it once and loved it, then never again. I am planning to read it again just because I love it. That's it.
@hermanhelmich Жыл бұрын
You should! There’s so much to explore.
@barneyronnie7 ай бұрын
He's a STRANGE BEARDED FIGURE, indeed.
@gilliancasson932 жыл бұрын
Thank you Robert. Wow. Just as I read Lila you spoke just now: spooky! Happy Halloween day buddy love you buddy thank you buddy for your kindness and grace and divinity
@reply_guy4 жыл бұрын
“He revels in Writer’s Block.” 😀
@krishnathapa1773 жыл бұрын
What a genuinely relevant philosophical books ..... they both are immensely important
@isaacpaulsen11583 жыл бұрын
It turns out I have the same birthday as Mr Pircig I'm hoping that translates into some sort of mystical quality lol
@W46546-f5 жыл бұрын
i did not understand the concept of it may be i was not ready when i bought in 1972 so i still his book and i going to read it.
@samsteadman3 жыл бұрын
George Martin need to hear this interview
@tjeerdvandermeulen5651 Жыл бұрын
Reading it more than once was needed for me... The counter is at ten (or so) and the latest time wasn't the last one!
@hermanhelmich Жыл бұрын
Ha die Tjeerd, Geweldig dat ik -naar ik aanneem- een andere Nederlander tref die dit boek hoog heeft zitten. Denk dat mijn teller inmiddels ook de 10 aantikt… en ook voor mij geldt dat het niet de laatste keer is dat ik m lees. (Zit halverwege).
@Nobody71090 Жыл бұрын
I understood Lila well, the trouble I have been having is comprehending what is meant by “good is a noun, not an adjective”
@craigjohnson5396 Жыл бұрын
Maybe meaning good is a place, a thing. Not a descriptive word, it’s a destination, an entity in and of itself.
@Nobody71090 Жыл бұрын
@@craigjohnson5396 thanks that helps alot
@CarmonBenford Жыл бұрын
I was always fascinated with his meeting with Robert Redford who was interested in making a movie of ZAAMM. I was always taken by the fact that Redford became skeptical towards him because he was too willing to allow Redford to do what he wanted to do in terms of the treatment of the book. Did i misinterpret this? Like ZAAMM, Lila is a book worth reading more than once!
@ianburton80505 жыл бұрын
To some people writers block is an essential part of the creative process. To me it's a symptom of inadequacy, or a fear of being exposed and not being able to meet my own expectations.
@song-rz6hi Жыл бұрын
What is the sweating Professor trying to say?
@mightynathaniel53552 жыл бұрын
Quite interesting.
@arconode2 жыл бұрын
Amazing, you managed to misspell Pirsig's name in two different ways. Impressively lazy.
@stephenarmiger83433 жыл бұрын
Probably irrelevant, but I have been creating Zen and the Art of …….. ideas. Chess. Zen and the Art of Chess. As a youth, my brother would beat me in chess. It bothered me. As an adult, I play chess with my son. Only sporadically because we are over 2,000 miles apart. My son is very bright and he beats me. I want to focus on our time together. I attempt to be very Zen. I have purchased a number of books on chess. Jeremy Silman. Jeremy associates chess and Zen. Chess engines offer game analysis. Chess notation allows one to document their game. Analyzing a game and noticing emotions helps me with chess and Zen. A friend mentioned The Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Pirsig has Phadra. Millman has Socrates. Socrates is a sort of Zen master with a sense of humor. Pirsig does not seem to have a sense of humor. Electroconvulsive Therapy seems very dark in Pirsig’s book. As in movies. My father had Electroconvulsive Therapy. I was very young. My mother didn’t know how to talk about it to me. So I had a very scary view of it. I am reading a book by Guy Winch. He says that contrary to the public perception of Electroconvulsive Therapy, it is benign and helpful.
@MarkAhrens-HeritageFilms5 жыл бұрын
Misspelled his name
@chrissold5957 Жыл бұрын
Love his books, and find it highly underated. One questions to any person who know the book '"Lila" on page 231: It's the secret smile of a judge who has been overthrown and surpressed for the good of social progress. I know women who dont like it because of this, could perhaps anybody give me an explanation? (of the good of social progress) thx
@chrissold5957 Жыл бұрын
@@user-cm3jn3of6d It should not be so hard to find (2 last pages of Part 1)
@Elmnopen Жыл бұрын
What piercing doesn't understand is that people's primary motivation is avoidance of shame. Even the most intelligent people are not going to admit pure truth. Even the ones that want to. This is why you don't get the proper response to your book. This is what makes you one of the most naive people while still being so intelligent and so accurate about reality. I feel your sadness that nobody responds correctly to it.
@CovChannel2 жыл бұрын
Robert, it is your burden to prove that you are right.
@IxDOYLERxI3 жыл бұрын
On page 220 And I don’t like Robert lol
@rgaleny2 жыл бұрын
THE NEXT BOOK SHOULD GO DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI AND REFLECT THE SIDARTHA/ MARK TWAIN DICODOMES AS THEMES.
@johnsmith-ke8qk Жыл бұрын
Pirsig passed six years ago, so you will have to write that one.
@mike87364 Жыл бұрын
Back when npr used to have good interviews about interesting topics Without propaganda
@this2shellpass Жыл бұрын
name is pirsig
@johnsmith-ke8qk Жыл бұрын
how are you?
@rgaleny2 жыл бұрын
LOOK AT THE KATRAS - DIGESTION SEX AND SELF ARE THE FIRST THREE, THE 4TH IS THAT OF THE HEART AND SOCIALCONNECTION. SO, THERE IS ACTION THAT IS BUDDHA QUALITY AND ACTION THAT IS ANIMAL QUALITY.
@placeswelive53882 жыл бұрын
Zen was great. Lila sucked.
@djmixmotomike2 жыл бұрын
No. Disagree. Lila was great for me to read. I was ready to read it when it came out. I had no idea it even existed when I found it. No worries. You might like it one day.
@mhopwood14 ай бұрын
Lila has quality
@Elmnopen Жыл бұрын
This is very interesting. He's a very intelligent person who doesn't seem to realize that most people aren't. Even most smart people aren't that intelligent. It doesn't surprise me at all that so many people like it but can't understand it