Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 > The Tao is infinite, eternal. > Why is it eternal? > It was never born; > thus it can never die. > Why is it infinite? > It has no desires for itself; > thus it is present for all beings. > > The Master stays behind; > that is why she is ahead. > She is detached from all things; > that is why she is one with them. > Because she has let go of herself, > she is perfectly fulfilled. > > ~tao te ching > translation Stephen Mitchell > > c > Wow, that sure is a cheery piece of chink nonsense! It tells us we can vicariously have things, we don't understand, but want. We, completely finite and mortal losers blobs of unstable proteins can identify with an eternal, infinite winning team, and feel like winners too. Never mind that we can't exactly know what Tao, eternity, nor infinity are. Tao sounds more divine, and smarter than nature, but less demanding that God. If you dislike being told what to do, and what not to do, the Tao is for you. Tao is like a rhythm, it only asks that you dance by its tune. Who wouldn't want to feel eternal and infinite even vicariously? We have no exact idea what either are, but being precariously mortal and finite sucks, so such words as eternity makes us high. Yeah, there are words that are like wine, mix them well, such as above, and you can get a buzz. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote: > > > The Tao is infinite, eternal. > > Why is it eternal? > > It was never born; > > thus it can never die. > > Why is it infinite? > > It has no desires for itself; > > thus it is present for all beings. > > > > The Master stays behind; > > that is why she is ahead. > > She is detached from all things; > > that is why she is one with them. > > Because she has let go of herself, > > she is perfectly fulfilled. > > > > ~tao te ching > > translation Stephen Mitchell > > > > c > > > > Wow, that sure is a cheery > piece of chink nonsense! It tells us > we can vicariously have things, we don't > understand, but want. > > We, completely finite and mortal losers > blobs of unstable proteins can identify > with an eternal, infinite winning team, > and feel like winners too. > > Never mind that we can't exactly know what Tao, > eternity, nor infinity are. Tao sounds more > divine, and smarter than nature, but less > demanding that God. If you dislike being > told what to do, and what not to do, the Tao > is for you. Tao is like a rhythm, it only asks > that you dance by its tune. > > Who wouldn't want to feel eternal and infinite > even vicariously? We have no exact idea what > either are, but being precariously mortal and > finite sucks, so such words as eternity makes us > high. Yeah, there are words that are like wine, > mix them well, such as above, and you can get > a buzz. > > Pete LOL! i wish they could give me a bud. down to seeds and stems again. although the better and better it gets.. it gets harder and harder to find any seeds. :-) ..b b.b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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