A Dynamic (or chaotic) Index of: Lila, An inquiry into morals by Robert M Pirsing

(MOQ) Metaphysics of Quality/Value: pp. 32, 68 (Cultural), 74-79 (not specific/nothing vague), 81- (84 Value = experience) 85 (primary reality), 95-(99 laws to define quality)101, 104, 118- (119 Quality = Morality) 121, 127, 130, 183, 185-188, 259, 289, 294, 309, 323, 328-329, 348-378, 424-426, 440 (arete), 442 (Rta-Sanskrit for ‘cosmic order of things.’)

·       Dynamic/static quality pp. 140- (142 art) 147, 166-167, 172, 175-179, 188, 192, 258 (willing to be lucky), 260-262, 300 (sexual=dynamic), 303, 355 (instability), 363, 396, 419-420, 431, 434-439 (religious mysticism), 444, 448, 461

·       Static patters/quality, pp. 140, 296 (=gods, failure/success), 437-438

 

Evolution, pp. 147, 168 (Forces of different evolutionary phases in conflict), 173, 183, 262

On computers, pp. 36, 180-182 (DNA), 236

 

Patterns of value: pp. 167, 174, 179, 185, 189-197, 209, 235-240, 256, 299, 310-330, 347-365, 382-388, 414-419

1. ·       Inorganic
2. ·       Biological pp. 182, 195, 262, 354 (confused with Dynamic quality by hippies), 355 (‘might makes right, prehistoric, before even primitive societies) …  Biology/sex, p. 26, 104 (oldest trap = quilt)
3. ·       Social, pp. 61 (social equality not self-evident), 62 (all men equal, Noble Savage), 129, 167, 189, 262, 311-314, 324 (children born in sin), 327 (Indian kindness to children), 389
4. ·     Intellectual pp. 186, 196, 315

 

The advantage of randomness (card-catalogue) pp. 33, 34 (essence of organic growth) (pp. 32-40)

SLIPS:

1. UNASSIMILATED (new ideas, to be categorized)
2. PROGRAM
3. CRIT... (Imaginary distractions / meltdown alternative) (1st DUSENBERRY, pp. 40-63, 80, 473)
4. TOUGH (so far uncategorizable)
5. JUNK (‘seemed good yesterday’ ideas)

 

Zuni story, pp. 133-147, 393

April fool’s boy, pp. 71, 239

Indians, pp. 42, 53-54 (Comanche chief speech), 56, 57-58 (Indian/Cowboys), 61 (Freedom/social equally),

Puritans, pp. 117

Victorians, pp. 116, 118 (morals ÷ kindness), 119, 265-270, 305-309, 321, 355, 360-365, 406

Cultural encounters, pp. 44 (religion=’backwards’), 46 (Indians: ‘white men has to have everything right), 48 (values on psychedelics), 49, 50-51, 56-57, 59-60, 107, 297 (personal dichotomy), 52+54 (Indians= originators of America), 56, 59, 80, 105, 107, 207 (Mexicans), 327, 447

Celebrity, pp. 107-108, 285-291, 299-305

The Giant, pp. 253, 254 (animal farm), 255 (FM's book) -270, 298, 403, 407

New York, pp. 105, 219, 249, 263-264, 355

 

'What comes first?', p. 35

‘What is good', pp. 56, 324, 359, 360 474-476

How many meanings and which one is right? p. 380

Good and evil, pp. 135, 138- (dynamic good and evil) 140-143

'Good/Moral people', pp. 19, 20 (two kinds of Canadians), 99, 103, 262 (morality), 325, 262

 

Habits not laws (of the universe), p. 172-173, 187, 189

The atoms that made the professor of chemistry p. 169, 172

 

Objectivity pp. 42, 43

Objective anthropology, pp. 43, 65, 69, 83 (pure metaphysics)

Generalization pp. 67, 70, 144

Subject – object metaphysics, pp. 84 (contained in quality), 125, 131, 145, 184, 324, 434

Cultural immune system pp. 66, 394.

Platypus, pp. 124, 126

 

Freedom, pp. 53, 61 140, 175, 217, 258, 351, 354, 358, 447

Free will Vs Determinism, pp. 186-187

 

Philosophy, pp. 75, 79-80, 83, 422

Philosophology, p. 375-376

Truth, pp. 414, 423

 

The philosophy of insanity, pp. 381... 386...390, 391 (static filter), 414, 430, 433 (religion)-435 (shock ‘treatment’)

A culture of one, pp. 210-211, 431, 226-228, 433

 

Illumination, pp. 24, ÷25, 371

Halos, p. 395

Ceremonies / rituals, pp. 45 + 51 (Indians), 58 (movies=rituals)

141, 232, 295, 441, 447, 449-451, 466

Psychedelics, pp. 46-47 (individual freedom Vs democracy), 48 (‘de-hallucinogen)

On alcohol, pp. 23, 26, 27, 48 (LSD + Peyote), 215, 353 (drugs)

Zen, p. 80 (÷language)

Mystics pp. 80-81, 141

Great Spirit p. 54

Supreme Being p. 145

 

Second law of thermodynamics, p. 169, 172

 

Lila has quality, pp. 97, 165, 192-197, 229, 237, 347, 454, 470

“She”/Female archetype pp. 12, 14 (Lila and immortal lila), 24, 27 (are you the one?... yes), 28, 39 (…), 219, 234, 238 (Lila is a judge)

Lila's point of view (on men+) pp. 22, 159, 199-200, 213, 227-228, 271

The streetcar Lila was in, pp. 13, 230

Lila's mum, pp. 161, 336, 338-339, 458

Lila's story, pp. 211-228, 271-284, 332-344 432 (Lila's baby, 216), 462

Lila found in rain, pp. 366

Lila's lack of control, pp. 149, 158, 202-203, 334

 

Rigel's warning, p. 21

Rigel pp. 20 (the only puritanical comment of the narrator is when he is with Rigel), 21, 31 (suitcase), 86- (94 love)101, 114, 119, 223-224, 237, 400-403, 452, 464

Why did he have to say that? pp. 153- 158

Let's kill him and taken his boat, p 246

Lucky dog, pp. 162-163, 340-344

Politics+ pp. 48, 379

Postmodernists, p. 130

Materialist, p. 183

Idealist, p. 184

Socialists/Capitalists, p. 259

Fascism, p. 319

Anarchy, p. 353

Hippies, p. 195, 352-365

Pursuit of happiness/loneliness, p. 330

Love, p. 337

 

Old analogy to a cup of tea (get rid of the old tea), pp. 33, 34

Beauty=originality, pp. 157

Need for space, pp. 15, 16, 18

Power of stories, pp. 58, 153

Life=Story, pp. 30, 439

 

Memories/dreams, pp. 14, 233, 253, 332

Mirrors and watching each other, pp. 24, 135, 252, 297

‘Cartesian Me’ 236

Eyes, pp. 26, 27, 113

 

Quotes:

I'm no good', he said. / 'That doesn't matter … p. 26

‘Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing. p. 392

As long as you're suffering you're all right. p. 412

A human being is a collection of ideas, p. 192

Objections to pollution are a form of pollution. p. 100

Mechanisms are the enemy of life p. 172

This river flowed backwards twice a day, p. 110

 

In the book

Inorganic : boat trip

Biological : Lila

Social : Rigel

Intellectual : Pheadrus

 

Dynamic : MOQ ?

Character's Autistic traits, pp. 13, 33 (card-catalogue), 112, 221, 251

 

(Jordan Peterson's ideas):

Order/Chaos, pp. 35, 62 (Freedom=chaos), 79, 128, 138, 140-147, 171, 189, 318, 374, 444

Hero myth p. 139

Rescue the king/father from the belly of the whale, pp. 147, 261, 446

Cain and Abel, p. 445

Great Father (p. 53) / Great Mother p. 146

Sacrifice, p. 35

Thank you for reading my chaotic index. 

May it be useful to someone. 

Lotous Michalopoulou.

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