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Cracka_X
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Lao Tzu sayin it loud!!! :D
#7211747 - 07/22/07 09:16 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Tao should guide us but if the Tao is lost we have Te; if Te is lost we have humanist virtues; if humanist virtues are lost we have a feeling for what is righteous; if a feeling for what is righteous is lost we have ceremonial; and ceremonial is the beginning of chaos.
-lao tzu
if this shit gets repetitive then be sure to flame me!
heh no but seriously. Basically, we should naturally act/respond/live. naturally as in innately. not that we should, but lao tzu seems to make the argument of innate, or instinctual, ability greater than humanistic virtues... maybe the morals, we, as humans, are drilled with by society to act a certain way. perhaps a more humane way for the 'society'.
anyhow, yeah at least that's my take on it, anyone else care to elaborate further or revise with something completely different?
-------------------- The best way to live is to be like water For water benefits all things and goes against none of them It provides for all people and even cleanses those places a man is loath to go In this way it is just like Tao ~Daodejing
Edited by Cracka_X (07/22/07 09:31 PM)
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Zero7a1
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Re: Lao Tzu sayin it loud!!! :D [Re: Cracka_X]
#7211976 - 07/22/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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is tao just purely instinct?
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onlynow
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Re: Lao Tzu sayin it loud!!! :D [Re: Cracka_X]
#7211980 - 07/22/07 09:59 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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this shit is only repetitive to the repetitive mind, what more is there to say?
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onlynow
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Re: Lao Tzu sayin it loud!!! :D [Re: Zero7a1]
#7211986 - 07/22/07 10:01 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Zero7a1 said: is tao just purely instinct?
it is not just a word with a definition within one's conditioned mind. the tao is
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Cracka_X
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Re: Lao Tzu sayin it loud!!! :D [Re: onlynow]
#7213273 - 07/23/07 09:18 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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onlynow said:
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Zero7a1 said: is tao just purely instinct?
it is not just a word with a definition within one's conditioned mind. the tao is
hehe, doesn't it say in the first pages the Tao that can be written or spoken is not the absolute Tao.
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is tao just purely instinct?
Going off instinct will get you more in tune with the way things are/go. I don't know how much you go out for walks or hiking in the woods but all you need to learn about tao is in nature.
There's no answer to what tao is except be your untainted self. As in an abstraction of all external influences... society, peers, tv....
anyhow, yeah i could be totally wrong but that's my take on pointing to tao
-------------------- The best way to live is to be like water For water benefits all things and goes against none of them It provides for all people and even cleanses those places a man is loath to go In this way it is just like Tao ~Daodejing
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