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And if anyone actually read the book, Zen was about processing childhood trauma.
by supertroop 4mo ago
And if anyone actually read the book, Zen was about processing childhood trauma.
- colechristensen 4mo agowhat? Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a series of lectures about philosophy told through the lens of a real motorcycle trip across the country interleaved with recollections of his personal history developing the philosophy, going through a breakdown as a result of schizophrenia, and recovering the personality lost through electroshock therapy. He was a bit of a megalomaniac and failed out of traditional academia as a result of his mental illness which his son likely shared to some degree.