A “Good, Good, Good, Good” Morning For Jogging.

…. “I get out of the sleeping bag. It’s cold and I get dressed quickly. Chris is asleep. I walk around him, climb over a fallen treetrunk and walk up the logging road. To warm myself I speed up to a jog and move up the road briskly. .. Good, good, good, good, good. The word keeps time with the jogging. Some birds fly up from the shadowy hill into the sunlight and I watch them until they’re out of sight. Good, good, good, good, good. Crunchy gravel on the road. Good, good. Bright yellow sand in the sun. Good, good, good. .. These roads go on for miles sometimes. Good, good, good. Eventually I reach a point where I’m really winded. The road is higher now and I can see for miles over the forest. .. Good.” (Cont.Next)

Dirt Logging Road, Forested Mountains, Lochsa River Canyon. ID. This whole passage emphasizes Quality of being alive => “ Good, good, good, good, good.” And implies essentially that the Narrator's continuous mental stability, depends on “Good old reality. ”
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….If fact, as said in the passage above (AND the passage in the Previous Photo), The Narrator uses the “reality” of the => … speed up to a jog and move up the road briskly in the bright, cheerful, sun illuminated forest, to literally “dis-spell” any lingering dream.
….Yes, indeed => “Good old reality. .”
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…DATE-LINE: June 24, 2021 by Henry Gurr.

EXAMINING MORE CLOSELY THE ZMM NARRATOR’S => “Good Old Reality. ” ….
….Somehow, from my many readings of ZMM, I got the idea that the phrase “Good old reality .” (or its equivalent), occurred many times in ZMM. So, in process of writing the captions (above and previous photo), I decided to find how many more by > ZMM Full Text > Edit > Find > reality I was surprised to see ONLY the one “Good old reality .”, which is in the ZMM passage given, in second previous photo.
EXPLANATION
….But in the process of the above > Edit > Find … I found 83 “reality” words … and for each of which, I took time to study what Author Robert Pirsig said in the surrounding paragraphs.

In Doing This, I Realized Three AHA Insights =>
…A) One of the Many Major Topic Threads in ZMM, is Robert Pirsig covering a tremendous range of Philosophical Subjects, and in the process is explaining an understanding of just what “reality” IS for us, how we experience “reality”, how do we tell “reality” from dreams, and how we actually know what “reality” actually IS !!
…NOTE: Of course our knowing just what “reality” IS, comes into our mental awareness, through the mental action of Robert Pirsig’s Quality!
….B) AND THEN I realized => I should suggest that you (Dear ZMM Enthusiast) should do as I did, so you can also see & appreciate These Reality Related Major Threads in ZMM !!
….C) AND THEN I realized => This Whole “Reality” Topic is important enough to have Its own ZMMQ Page which can be Googled for OR Right Click =>

Click Here For Author Robert Pirsig’s Major Thread Topic “Quality, Reality, & “Good Old Reality,” as is written into Robert Pirsig’s book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”.

.OF COURSE, ALL THIS “REALITY” INFORMATION IS TO HELP YOU =>
….UNDERSTAND A MAJOR TOPIC THREAD IN THE ZMM BOOK.
………PLEASE TAKE TIME TO STUDY AND ENJOY.

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….SIDE NOTE => In the above ZMM Passage, we should especially notice “ Some birds fly up from the shadowy hill into the sunlight and I watch them until they’re out of sight.” As has been discussed in previous photos, here again, we should notice several ZMM BOOK MASTER MOTIFS =>
… a) “birds”
…b) “fly”,
…c) “from shadows into light”, and
…d) “watch till goes out of sight.”

..These above MASTER MOTIFS, are further examples, as has been discussed previously in these album captions: And, as has been stated previously => This is Author Robert Pirsig’s way of telling us (Metaphorical Telegraph), what has been happening to the Narrator’s communication with Chris.
…For example => “It comes up” “from the shadows into sunlight”, but then, “goes out of sight”, after nothing constructive has happen!

.Now WHY Should Author Robert Pirsig Write Into ZMM => The Narrator’s Inability To Communicate With Chris, Is A Major Thread In ZMM Book. ?
…This is written into ZMM, probably because this is what happened in real life between Robert Pirsig & Chris.
...But ALSO, Author Pirsig wants us as readers, to know that he knows< that this is wrong, and chooses these Master Motif ways to tell us this.
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(Photo = 110-1063cz.5 ...... ZMM Page = 246 ...... WayPt = 265i8. Photo at 268w 3003ft)