A Quality Conversation with John Vervaeke A Quality Existence 2019-09-07 | We talk about the consonance between John's relevance realization and Pirisig's MOQ, updating rationality for the Meaning Crisis, the threat and promise of AI, getting lost in the virtual world, Phaedrus' beef with Plato and Aristotle, and many more topics...with Quality!
ZaMM Convo - Mark Richardson - Author of Zen and Now A Quality Existence 2024-09-29 | In 2005, writer Mark Richardson made the 2000+ mile motorcycle journey that Robert Pirsig rode in 1968 with his son Chris - a ride that became the inspiration and substance of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”. Mark’s highly engaging book, "Zen and Now", traces his own journey, physical, personal and psychological, while following the famous route. Parallels and diversions occur as Mark used the inspiration of Pirsig’s own reflections to create not only a travelogue of his own, but a deep dive into the biography of the Quality-driven genius Robert Pirsig. Mark's inquiry led to facts not heretofore revealed, some inspiring and some unsettling.In this interview Mark recounts writing “Zen and Now”, and some of the ethical and artistic dilemmas, and personal and physical dangers he encountered. He provides insight and clarification into how he chose what to include, what might do differently, and how he feels about the whole venture almost 25 years later. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I proudly present this interview with Mark Richardson in support of the Robert Pirsig Association…which if you are a fan of Pirsig, you will do yourself a favor if you join. On the RPA site, you will find documentation of the 50th anniversary ride, as well as numerous resources and links to all things Pirsig, plus and opportunity to be informed of any new developments in the Pirsigsphere.Now sit back and enjoy the ride!Zen and Now page on Mark's Website: markrichardson.ca/zen-and-nowRobert Pirsig Association: robertpirsig.org
ZaMM 50th Convos - Horse from UK - Original MoQ.org Member A Quality Existence 2024-07-19 | A wonderful convo with our friend from across the pond - Horse! He's the original designer of the Webpage of both Moq.org and the Robert Pirsig website. Horse is one of the few in the Pirsigsphere who has actually met the man himself! Great stories from many years of following RPM and all the related conversations. Stay til the end to learn the origin of this iconic name....Here is the article Horse refers to: ams.org/notices/201201/rtx120100038p.pdfPlease don't forget to follow and join robertpirsig.org
ZaMM 50th Convos - Khoo Hock Aun Eastern VS Western Values & Global Sustainability A Quality Existence 2024-06-27 | Khoo has been involved with the work of Robert M. Pirsig since the late 1970's when he first read ZaMM, so he is one of the original voices in the Pirsigsphere. Khoo was also involved with MoQ.org and has been influenced by and has influenced this space with his approach from the Eastern value system to the Western, an inverse to the majority of the inquiry. Here is a link to his essay on this topic:paksanno.blogspot.com/2003Other Khoo links:1) linkedin page : linkedin.com/in/khoohockaun2) instagram page : instagram.com/khoohockaunHere is the poem mentioned by Khoo, in which the "Spiritul Mundi" is compared with Quality and the Undifferentiated Aesthetic ContinuumThe Second Coming BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSTurning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.Surely some revelation is at hand;Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus MundiTroubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleepWere vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
ZaMM 50th Convos - Ramey Wood Neuroplasticity & Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance A Quality Existence 2024-05-30 | Ramey explains how ZaMM enlightened him as to a Dynamic way foward that healed his brain after a traumatic concussion, plus other great insights
50th Anniversary Tour of Zen and the Open Road April 15th, 2024 A Quality Existence 2024-04-22 | Footage shot and edited by filmmaker and Meetup attendee John Heyn
A Quality Existence is live! Robert Pirsig Exhibition comes to you! A Quality Existence 2024-04-15 | A recap of the exhibit and tidbits from the excellent tour kindly given to our Meetup by the curator Paul Johnston, archeologist and transporation expert. We have some footage of the tour, kindly shot by John Heyn, but we need to narrate over the tour to follow SI rules. Forget anything I said about seizure of property! I misunderstood something in the tour!https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/zen-and-open-road%3Aevent-exhib-6718
ZaMM Meetup Reminder Washington DC A Quality Existence 2024-04-11 | meetup.com/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-50th-anniversary/events/299868209Zen and the Open Road is on the first floor in the East Wing of the American History Museum at 12th St. & Constitution Ave, NW. It’s at the end of the permanent exhibition America on the Move. Let’s meet at the Information Desk at the Constitution Ave. entrance, and I’ll lead the group to the exhibition.Join the Robert Pirsig Association for a lot of information, many more events during 2024, and a multitude of resources for afficinanados, and special member benefits:robertpirsig.org
Zamm Commentary Vl 2 Chapter 3 SD 480p A Quality Existence 2024-03-31 | This is one of my favorite sections...Really hit me like a brick. Reality is a lens, not a collection of objects. Laws are not physical, they are mental, even though we have been trained to reify them.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Meetup April 15 2024, and other Announcements A Quality Existence 2024-03-24 | Here will be links to resources and sites:RobertPirsig.org (all the info you need is on this wonderful site)meetup.com/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-50th-anniversary/events/299868209/?isFirstPublish=truehttps://www.si.edu/exhibitions/zen-and-open-road:event-exhib-6718psybertron.org/psybertron-pirsig-pages
ZAMM Vol. 2, - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Chapter 2 A Quality Existence 2024-03-09 | Checking the boxes isn't necessarily doing the thing.
Quality Chat with Ian Glendinning - The Pirsig Space Yesterday, Today and Coming up A Quality Existence 2024-02-21 | Ian Glendinning, a briliiant engineer, Systems Architecture & Information Abstraction Consultant, and writer, has been instrumental in keeping the Pirsig Space alive. He's compiled tremendous resources including the Pirsig biographical timeline. His views on Pirsig, Quality and the MoQ are carefully and extensively thought out in his blog Psybertron - Psybertron: psybertron.org/. Ian's and Pirsig Space links below. The physical archives:robertpirsig.org/resource-indexPirsig Pages and Pirsig Timeline: psybertron.org/psybertron-pirsig-pagesOther resources for the Pirsig Corner mentioned by Ian: Henry Gurr: http://venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurrDr Ant McWatt's at (OLD) robertpirsig.orgMoQ.org and robertpirsigassociation.org
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Vol. 2, Comments on Chapter 1 A Quality Existence 2024-02-17 | We're deeply silted in, and swimming ungrounded in that silt at the same time
ZaMM - 50 Year Anniversary! A Quality Existence 2024-02-12 | In this anniversary year, it's time to go back to exploring the book that began the whole journey. A great novel, a great philosophy, a classic whose time has arrivedrobertpirsig.orgpirsigsjourney.compsybertron.org/zammjourneyframe.html
Personal Review of Meaning Code - DC Schindler & McGilchrist A Quality Existence 2023-10-01 | Karen's (the Meaning Code) Interview with D.C. Schindler & Iain McGilchrist: youtube.com/watch?v=_ko5ihnEJis&t=508sDon Hoffman on TOE: youtube.com/watch?v=yHSgQ6Cm1cMTheoria Apophasis (Ken Wheeler) on the Aether: youtube.com/watch?v=yDa2SZ6MaOERupert Spira & Don Hoffman: youtube.com/watch?v=ZV-DMJpvRXc&t=45s(I've been following Spira since way before TLC, perhaps even before JBP)NDE study: youtu.be/l0rLJyzOBGc?si=qQ2_d6kEeDa2offO
A Return - and Call to Action for TOE Curt Jaimungal A Quality Existence 2023-09-24 | Sorry about the absence. APPA link: https://appa.edu/Support Curt Jaimungal and TOE: youtube.com/@TheoriesofEverything- Patreon: / curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)- Crypto: tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: tinyurl.com/TOEmerch
More on The Stance Chino Estuary #thislittlecorner A Quality Existence 2023-06-26 | The genie is out of the bottle lol
The Stance - Beginning an Inquiry A Quality Existence 2023-06-17 | What is this stance they spoke of in Chino?
Jonathan Pageau at Chino - Pageauian & Pirsigian Metaphysics A Quality Existence 2023-06-05 | Here's Jonathan's talk: youtu.be/Toa5N2jke_w
On Quality #9 - Section 4 Dharma A Quality Existence 2023-04-23 | While Pirsig didn't focus on his Zen practice as a way of connecting to Quality, it's obvious and explicit in his book that this is how he viewed the path. Zen is one of several mystical paths to a similar "one-ness" of which we participate. during the extensive period it took me to finally get this out, I came across this
A Symbolic Structure for the 4 Ps of Knowing - Andrew Algra A Quality Existence 2023-03-04 | Andrew has put much thoughtful consideration into his symbolic synthesis of Corner Content into this "Map of Meaning" of TLCAndrew's Twitter: @AndrewAlgra
Commentary on short Section referencing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in JBP/Sebag Convo A Quality Existence 2023-02-12 | Peterson's discussion with Roy Sebag: youtube.com/watch?v=BHu5h26c4ncImportant: I only watched the clip surrounding ZaMM, so if this commentary may be sorely out of context. If so, my apologies.
Seeing the Nature of Reality in this Little Corner A Quality Existence 2023-01-27 | There is a pattern that keeps the universe alive and we all have different ways of describing it, but it comes down to the same DQ/SQ thing! It's conceiving of the source where the difficulties lie haha!
On Quality by Robert M. Pirsig - Commentary #5 Part 1: Quality A Quality Existence 2022-12-28 | My favorite section of this book are the seminal notes Bob made in the psychiatric hospital. The seeds of the MoQ. Just like going back on the language tree to the source, I feel these aphorisms are the source of what we love about Pirsig's work.
On Quality by Robert M. Pirsig - Commentary #4 Introduction: The Right Way A Quality Existence 2022-12-02 | Newly released. such a delightful coincidence!💕youtu.be/ENeYNqwK_8g
Commentary Pt. 1 - On Quality by Robert M. Pirsig, 2022 A Quality Existence 2022-10-26 | Dr. Henry Gurr's amazing Pirsig resources: http://venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Main/HomePageZmmQuality twitter: twitter.com/ZmmQualityOrder "On Quality": abebooks.com/Quality-Inquiry-Excellence-Unpublished-Selected-Writings/31312825753/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade_10to20-_-product_id=COM9780063084643USED-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAjw2OiaBhBSEiwAh2ZSPweh1qhX6fE7jB4s503JcpuPcXAh0KBm_EKc9S7OaxujvKkDpEIY7xoCh-AQAvD_BwEAudiobook: audiobooksnow.com/audiobooks/on-quality/6299460/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwteOaBhDuARIsADBqReh5i4_eohfpy3EASWB8L-XDrE2u8igxYbcnkk8eUc5ETMo82jbjg3waAj_6EALw_wcB
Commentary on Jonathan Pageaus talk Love and Attention at Consciousness and Conscience - TBay A Quality Existence 2022-10-13 | I love this talk that JPg gave! Pulling so much togetheryoutu.be/A9qMuz9_zu0
Pirsigs 2022 On Quality - Jonathan Pageau at TBay - Matthieu Pageau on JBP A Quality Existence 2022-10-03 | Some important things that are ongoing.On Quality ordering link: barnesandnoble.com/w/on-quality-robert-m-pirsig/1140045421Matthieu Pageau on JBP: youtu.be/8R-vkbxX8r4James Kourtides on JBP MP convo: youtu.be/hfSLL-JT71UPageau's talk, lets see how badly I butchered it haha!: youtu.be/A9qMuz9_zu0
Report from Thunder Bay Consciousness & Conscience, plus New Pirsig Book A Quality Existence 2022-09-25 | ...
A few words for and about Mary Kochan A Quality Existence 2022-08-20 | Mary and I had 3!! Conversations. The Quote she reads is from Von Hildebrandt in this video:youtu.be/dAu5zh_iRloOther 2 Convos:On Organic farming: youtu.be/K7kEHkN6l9EPirsig's confusing use of Substance: youtu.be/2W1-JBfm8Cw
Commentary Part 2: John Vervaeke and Jonathan Pageau on Rebel Wisdom A Quality Existence 2022-07-08 | Through the Pirsig lens again, but not only. David Foster Wallace: youtu.be/2doZROwdte4
CS Lewis, Meaning Code & Wolfgang Smith, Monism and Vertical Causality A Quality Existence 2022-05-30 | Ongoing inquiry into these topics via other Youtubers contributions and by actually reading sometimes as well.Meaning Code Convo with Wolfgang Smith: youtu.be/8NWHGX53agcKen Wheeler's channel: youtube.com/user/kathodosdotcom
Material World Friendships Happen in this Little Corner! - May 21, 2022 WDC A Quality Existence 2022-05-22 | I finally met my convo/dialogos partner Christopher Mastropietro and his cousin Gian Luca...These guys really kept me on my toes with scintillating intellectual conversation and Italian charm! Thank you so much for this wonderful time
A Synchronous Beginning to an Inquiry – CS Lewis’ Miracles, the Holy Fire and the Dharmakaya Light A Quality Existence 2022-04-25 | 3 things lined up today - I started listening to the dialogs in which JP Marceau talks about CS Lewis' Miracles with Paul Vander Klay, John Vervaeke and Jonathan Pageau, and I learn about the Holy Fire in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and in ch. 1 of Lila, Phaedrus sees the halo emanating around and through Lila's face.JP Marceau dialogs: youtu.be/sPLreFRV_Fsyoutu.be/Su_ggDVzKLwMiracle of the Holy Fire: youtube.com/watch?v=gIQWYUe_KDYCS Lewis Miracles Essay: youtu.be/x06fnDnoC3U
Lila - An Inquiry into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig - Commentary on Chapter 32 A Quality Existence 2022-04-20 | The final chapter. Phaedrus can now proceed with the MoQ, now that Lila is gone, but first there are some rituals to attend to. During the interment, and after a chat with Lila's baby/doll/idol, a long lost memory arises from a forgotten part of himself. This memory concludes the MoQ and perhaps is the final revelation of the inner self we met long ago.
32. Lila - An Inqury Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig - Chapter 32 A Quality Existence 2022-04-05 | In this final chapter, Pheadrus ties together several strands of inquiry that prompted the formulation of the MoQ in which they are united in a single sentence that is and imperfect but "close enough" as a description of a Metaphysics based on something indescribable.
Quality Convo with Neil DeGraide of Dirt Poor Robins - Processes & Music, Pirsig & Orthodoxy A Quality Existence 2022-03-29 | The fascinating Visionary, Neil DeGraide of the singular band Dirt Poor Robins, shares the story of his unique life and artistic trajectory! We discuss Neil's upbringing, his early musical giftedness, meeting his artistic soul mate, and the propensity he has for uniting spirit & symbolism with all his artistic projects: music, film, literature and visual...plus we sprinkle in Pirsig here and there.Website: dirtpoorrobins.comYoutube: youtube.com/channel/UCuQZw5EE__gCljrkm0sBCOw
Lila - An Inquiry into Morals by Robert M Pirsig - Commentary on Chapter 31 A Quality Existence 2022-03-24 | Lila has to choose between to men, and what they represent, and what those representations represent. No wonder she's tired!
31. Lila - An Inquiry into Morals - By Robert M. Pirsig - Chapter 31 A Quality Existence 2022-03-09 | This chapter reveals Lila's fate, but will it answer Rigel's question?
Lila - An Inquiry into Morals - Commentary on Chapter 30 A Quality Existence 2022-03-01 | In a lot of ways, this is the conclusion of the book...DQ is given the place of honor, but SQ's place is respected...and in more mundane ways than you probably hoped. I guess in a lot of way, this chapter addresses the way human consciousness interacts with this world we've been given...and what the optimal way of doing so is. Pheadrus has first hand knowledge of insanity...and of mysticsm. Now he's put in a situation where maybe he can provide to Lila what was denied him...although that chilling out time in the psych ward wasn't a bad thing...but you can do that on a boat as well. Probably he's giving Lila the benefit of the doubt on the most fundamental of levels. Really dense and rich and beautiful chapter...my mumblings don't begin to do it justice. Read it!
Quality Convo with Jeremy Firth - Becoming Orthodox, Reflections on Pirisg A Quality Existence 2022-02-22 | ...
