Music Banter - What are you reading right now?

I read a different book of his and liked it well enough. But Brad Warner's criticism of some of his ideas has turned me off to him. Seems like a pretty good Zen guy though.

I would definitely put him more in the realm of transpersonal/evolutionary psychology than zen, but I do understand what you're saying. His ideas are, without question, unconventional and have attracted their fair share of criticism, but having said that, I find that I agree one hundred percent with just about everything he asserts.

SATCHMO

09-16-2010 12:55 PM

Also amazing...
http://www.cairns.com.au/images/uplo...TheEndMAIN.jpg

Engine

09-16-2010 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO (Post 931985)

Oops - I was thinking of a totally different person: Dennis Genpo Merzel.
He wrote The Eye Never Sleeps - a book about Zen Buddhism which I think is pretty good.
He also founded the "Big Mind" process (he says you can achieve 'enlightenment' in an hour or something) which is what upsets Brad Warner.

I actually haven't read anything by Wilber.

James

09-16-2010 01:25 PM

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/15...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Fantastic book, laughed all the way through.
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/bookcovers/oryxcrake.jpg
About 3/4 through it, brilliant book makes me want to play Fallout 3 again.

DoctorSoft

09-16-2010 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 932151)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/15...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Fantastic book, laughed all the way through.

That's honestly one of my favourite books. It's hilarious and super easy to read, I mean, I think I read it 3 times in the first week I had it. It's pretty brilliant.

storymilo

09-16-2010 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine (Post 931964)

http://saeglopur.com/wp-content/uplo...jest_cover.jpg

That's interesting, I just started this:

http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/x2/x10782.jpg

It's my first David Foster Wallace, but I recently heard from 3 separate people that he's fantastic, so I'm really looking forward to it.

Engine

09-16-2010 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo (Post 932250)

It's my first David Foster Wallace, but I recently heard from 3 separate people that he's fantastic, so I'm really looking forward to it.

Infinite Jest is my first Wallace as well. I'd say he's beyond fantastic. Unless I'm too stupid to get through Infinite Jest, I'll definitely check out his short fiction and everything else.

WWWP	09-16-2010 10:41 PM

Has anyone here read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or any of it's sequels? I've heard about it everywhere and it's selling like crazy at the bookstore where I work, but I'm still not sure if it's worth checking out.

bob.	09-17-2010 10:38 AM

http://www.phawker.com/wp-content/up...ole-models.jpg

i picked this up yesterday and started it last night....he is such an amazing person....seems that it is simple about the people he loves and how they influenced him and his art....the first chapter is all about Johnny Mathis!....thankfully he write the same way he talks so this will go quick, be enjoyable and be re-read often!