Great review. Even today societal values are stronger than ever. What I loved about this book was Miller's absolute optimism in the face of being a societal reject. There's alot more fun to be had when you stop striving and live in the moment and live for joy.
A funny thing about those societal values today though is that they've been so subtly internalized that so many have come to believe in their 'freedom' despite their unhappiness, cynicism and quiet simmering bitterness. Miller sank down the social ladder to the bottom, societal reject, and yet was reborn in Paris whole and happy and a joyous rejector of society in turn.
Joseph Campbell met Krishnamurti as a young man and they became life long friends. A Fire In The Mind, the biography of Campbell, is a wonderful example of the Hero's Journey in our modern age. I'll always cherish Miller for the sheer life exuberance, and Campbell for the wealth and breadth of his learning and experience. Both in the end arrived at their blissful place, and isn't that after all what we are all, or some of us at any rate, moving towards?
Definitely going to give that one a read
Thanks for such a wonderful analysis of the book
Great review. Even today societal values are stronger than ever. What I loved about this book was Miller's absolute optimism in the face of being a societal reject. There's alot more fun to be had when you stop striving and live in the moment and live for joy.
A funny thing about those societal values today though is that they've been so subtly internalized that so many have come to believe in their 'freedom' despite their unhappiness, cynicism and quiet simmering bitterness. Miller sank down the social ladder to the bottom, societal reject, and yet was reborn in Paris whole and happy and a joyous rejector of society in turn.
Great video. Keep it up man.
I discovered Jiddu Krishnamurti while reading Henry Miller and I couldn't be more thrilled.
Joseph Campbell met Krishnamurti as a young man and they became life long friends. A Fire In The Mind, the biography of Campbell, is a wonderful example of the Hero's Journey in our modern age. I'll always cherish Miller for the sheer life exuberance, and Campbell for the wealth and breadth of his learning and experience. Both in the end arrived at their blissful place, and isn't that after all what we are all, or some of us at any rate, moving towards?
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