On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Steve Patchel wrote:
> I agree with government's approach, I think you just missed the point---Its
> just all very Zen. One has only to imagine that these parts work.
>
> "Ah Grasshopper, have you not followed any of the lessons, we have taught
> you?" Does not the great god, Lucas, smile on the fan motor on a cold night?
> Does he also not give his blessings to the coil on a long trip? The head
> lamp switch on a dark night? How could you not see the connection! The
> failure can only be ours for not showing you the path to enlightenment.
Hmmmm............... I see how I might not have understood this
approach. The closest I have come to Zen is to read the first half of
Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance about 8 times.
Somehow, I tend to reach a different level of being, in which how the
book ends doesn't matter, before I reach the end of the book, if you know
what I mean.
I do relate, however, to the concept that the last screw is always the
one that won't budge, and I have felt my gumption drain out on many
occasions.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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