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[Get Real!]

what are "O" and "A" levels?

can someone explain it to me?

thanks

Allow me to explain the fine art of distinguishing Harley Davidson motorcycle parts... you see when they say they've got an "A" level they're talking about the real thing baby… Made in the USA! But when they say it's a grade "O" it's fake!

So there you go!

GR! Have you ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?

No, but I use to subscribe to Beano...

[phoenix]

what are "O" and "A" levels?

can someone explain it to me?

thanks

Allow me to explain the fine art of distinguishing Harley Davidson motorcycle parts... you see when they say they've got an "A" level they're talking about the real thing baby… Made in the USA! But when they say it's a grade "O" it's fake!

So there you go!

GR! Have you ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?

No, but I use to subscribe to Beano...

Ooohh I still read "The Beano".

[Get Real!]

what are "O" and "A" levels?

can someone explain it to me?

thanks

Allow me to explain the fine art of distinguishing Harley Davidson motorcycle parts... you see when they say they've got an "A" level they're talking about the real thing baby… Made in the USA! But when they say it's a grade "O" it's fake!

So there you go!

GR! Have you ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?

No, but I use to subscribe to Beano...

Ooohh I still read "The Beano".

Sorry for doing an Eric but I'm so touched...

[boomerang]

what are "O" and "A" levels?

can someone explain it to me?

thanks

Allow me to explain the fine art of distinguishing Harley Davidson motorcycle parts... you see when they say they've got an "A" level they're talking about the real thing baby… Made in the USA! But when they say it's a grade "O" it's fake!

So there you go!

GR! Have you ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?

I read this book 30 years ago... ... and what a great book that was...

I just recently passed it on to my oldest daughter...

Anyone read anything from Carlos Castaneda?

@Get Real

... no substitute for quality mate...

[phoenix]

what are "O" and "A" levels?

can someone explain it to me?

thanks

Allow me to explain the fine art of distinguishing Harley Davidson motorcycle parts... you see when they say they've got an "A" level they're talking about the real thing baby… Made in the USA! But when they say it's a grade "O" it's fake!

So there you go!

GR! Have you ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"?

I read this book 30 years ago... ... and what a great book that was...

I just recently passed it on to my oldest daughter...

Anyone read anything from Carlos Castaneda?

@Get Real

... no substitute for quality mate...

Did it make you feel like driving in a car was just so limiting?

Does Castaneda have any credibility? I've never read anything of his . . . seems too heavy for something that's meant to make you feel better about the World and people.

[boomerang]

Phoenix, limitations was never the issue...speed was...the faster the better

If you liked Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I would say you would probably like carlos castaneda books...

The Teachings of Don Juan - the first book and probably the best


Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.
This question is one that only a very old man asks. Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.
I have told you that to choose a path you must be free from fear and ambition. The desire to learn is not ambition. It is our lot as men to want to know.
The path without a heart will turn against men and destroy them. It does not take much to die, and to seek death is to seek nothing.

For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have a heart, on any path that may have a heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And there I travel--looking, looking, breathlessly.

Just a small extract

[phoenix]

Phoenix, limitations was never the issue...speed was...the faster the better

If you liked Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, I would say you would probably like carlos castaneda books...

The Teachings of Don Juan - the first book and probably the best


Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.
This question is one that only a very old man asks. Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

Before you embark on any path ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path. The trouble is nobody asks the question; and when a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few men can stop to deliberate, and leave the path. A path without a heart is never enjoyable. You have to work hard even to take it. On the other hand, a path with heart is easy; it does not make you work at liking it.
I have told you that to choose a path you must be free from fear and ambition. The desire to learn is not ambition. It is our lot as men to want to know.
The path without a heart will turn against men and destroy them. It does not take much to die, and to seek death is to seek nothing.

For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have a heart, on any path that may have a heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full length. And there I travel--looking, looking, breathlessly.

Just a small extract

But what tells you whether a path has a heart or not so that you may choose wisely?

I've read a lot of TAO which is all about following the path of least resistance to find contentment.

I also read "The Road Less Travelled" by Peck (I think) . . . which was probably one of the best self-awareness books I've tackled.

Also try Erich Fromme (spelling?) "The Art of Loving" and "To Have or to Be".

[boomerang]

I read a lot of books during my uni days...god that was such a long time ago ...I read a few by Aldous Huxley, Ken Casey and Tom Wolfe with his "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" which I thouroughly enjoyed...Those were the days...

I haven't picked a book in a long time...I tend to read tech manuals and specs these days...

as far as knowing whether a path has a heart or not...look at the paragraph above it...

[Niki]

How do you do it guys? I am up at 6am so have to leave the forum early - ish but many are posting past 4am. Zan is always around then!!!

Do you ever sleep or can you have a long lie in? Lucky people. (sorry - bit off topic but whatever!)

[Niki]

..oh and I think Phoenix is right. I don't think Sophia is all she pretends to be and I am sure she's male.