Re: A more laid-back Hitler [the biker]?

On Oct 31, 4:10�am, "Justin" <n...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

There's a half-truth to this. �I was visiting my third and final
psychiatrist when I bought my first motorcycle and I used to ride it to my
appointments. �I quickly came to the conclusion that the motorcycle was
helping far more than the psychiatrist so I got rid of the latter.

Wherever you go, there you are. If you're having psychological
problems at work or at home, you'll have them even worse when you're
out there on the road.

Did you ever read the famous "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance"?

It's about a man who had an extreme nervous breakdown and was
institutionalized after his PhD thesis was rejected in Montana, in the
1950's.

But the reader doesn't learn this until 3/4th of the way through the
story, which is
ostensibly about the man going on a long motorcycle tour through
Montana with his son.

There is almost nothing about father-son bonding in the story. The man
spends a
little time talking about the therapeutic nature of working on his
Honda, adjusting
the valves along the road, but he mostly talks about philosophy.

And there are constant references to some vague enemy named "Phaedras"
who seems to be pursuing him.

Phaedras turns out to be memories of the man's younger self, haunting
him...

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