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Post by Lila on Sept 27, 2002 1:40:35 GMT -5
Quite amazing. You wishfully create a god for yourself, than with the same easiness disgrace him. Bach is a human being, his books and his life and your opinions about both have very little connection. Or rather should have.
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Post by Lila on Sept 27, 2002 1:40:46 GMT -5
Quite amazing. You wishfully create a god for yourself, than with the same easiness disgrace him. Bach is a human being, his books and his life and your opinions about both have very little connection. Or rather should have.
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Post by Lila on Sept 27, 2002 1:41:17 GMT -5
Quite amazing. You wishfully create a god for yourself, than with the same easiness disgrace him. Bach is a human being, his books and his life and your opinions about both have very little connection. Or rather should have.
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Post by Lila on Sept 27, 2002 1:43:07 GMT -5
Quite amazing. You wishfully create a god for yourself, than with the same easiness disgrace him. Bach is a human being, his books and his life and your opinions about both have very little connection. Or rather should have.
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Post by Prism Eyes on Nov 30, 2002 9:53:30 GMT -5
Well, a hot topic that has cause a lot of opinion-slinging, huh?
I agree with Lila's perspective.
Richard Bach is a very unusual man. He is a gifted artist (by the way--I am a professional writer, and Bach's writing prowess has not diminished at all, as someone suggested it has; he has merely moved on to telling different stories than he was telling when he was writing his "grand philosophy" books, which is a way of keeping away from boredom and stultification, thereby being true to his philosophy there--afterIllusions, Bach's next three books were still offshoots of that book, as one sees if one reads them closely) and he also has forged a very unusual philosophy which has been mercilessly ripped off and watered down by countless New Age gurus ever since Illusions. Richard has already given himself over to an unusual aloneness simply by daring to create and unearth this philosophy in the first place. He writes so often of his own perspective and his own aloneness because these are what he has necessarily immersed himself in since he was quite young, having never had another to share them fully with, the possible exception having been Leslie.
The loneliness of the unique creative genius or the sage cannot be fathomed by those who are not so. Richard has spent, I am absolutely sure, a tremendous amount of time having to be embarrassed, put down, misquoted, misinterpreted simply because of his "weirdness". Is it any wonder that he is "selfish" in his desire to get across his true thinking? Speaking of that, "selfishness" has become as twisted as "God" and "love" in our society. Selfishness is sacred--as Bach pointed by way of Donald Shimoda, only divinely selfish souls ever give great gifts into the world for the benefit of all. But ah--there are multitudes of people running about without selves, trying to set themselves up as gurus or little tin gods, aren't there? At least Richard has a Self to be true to. And we know he loathes the idea of being a guru.
I have to admit, there is the possibility to consider concerning Richard's new relationship that it is sexually motivated in the end. However--there is no hard and fast evidence for it, and even if there were, that is only the concern of Richard, Leslie, and the new wife. Sex is a very important aspect of a marriage or an erotic relationship--indeed, it is the central aspect of such relationships, since these are "merely" close friendships/loyalties without the sexual involvement. I for one find it difficult to think that a wealthy, health-conscious, intelligent natural beauty such as Leslie Parrish would be overweight and unattractive even at the age of 67, let alone disinterested in sex. However, again--perhaps that is how it became with her (Richard mentioned that Leslie has more and more become interested in having her privacy), and if so, then Richard cannot be faulted for leaving her to go to a younger woman who has not thrown in the sexual towel yet and won't for a good long time. Richard wouldn't be one to believe that growing old means that sex has to fade away any more than it means that he has to stop writing or flying airplanes with age. But again, we don't know Richard's exact reasons and motivations for the divorce. And it is unfair to this man that there are those putting him down (yet again) when we haven't even been able to get a good view from the fence.
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Post by spacecowboy on Dec 14, 2002 6:55:00 GMT -5
Really should'nt comment at this moment ( let it all sink in ), relationships are not ruled by two people alone - many destructive and healing outside influences come into play every day of your life, what is solid and real today could become insubstantial and unreal the next, grasp what love you possess in the now because as much as you believe yourself to be in control of your destiny ( especially as a couple ) you are merely balancing on the tightrope really well - waiting for the butterfly to take flight....... As for RB and Leslie don't think i should comment, writing a book does'nt give your readers carte blanche to put you under a microscope and take your life apart. Stop looking over the fence and tend to your gardens.
As soon as you stop looking in the same direction its time to take flight. I don't believe RB's ideals from Illusions etc have been compromised by his divorce and subsequent relationship, if the things that you value in your "soulmate" no longer exist why pretend that they do ? just to perpetuate each others discomfort, set them free - even if they don't want to be freed, they may even thank you for it one day. Like LL said
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