
Posted by Butch on 3/24/2008, 4:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Pray!"
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: Our world really is a vast Network. Whether
: we are conscious of it or not it is there,
: and here. Like Steve I think we have been
: given by existence all the tools we need to
: realize our potential. But unlike Steve I
: also believe that practice makes perfect.
: Sometimes I think Steve is a closet
: Christian. Saved by faith and not works lest
: any man should boast.
:
: To Steve I would only say that Faith without
: Works is dead faith. And so now around and
: around Steve and I go and so I don't know
: what to do about the situation in China. I
: believe there is power in prayer. Power in a
: sincere heart giving voice to its deepest
: longings.
:
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:
: I don't know exactly what you mean by 'faith
: without works,' Butch, but it sounds
: Christian. It also suggests the Invisible
: Scorekeeping Friend. I've danced with many
: in my day, but that guy just ain't on the
: dance card.
:
: I find that goodness comes when I stop
: trying to be good, and that peace comes when
: I stop needing peace. The less I do and
: need, the more I get.
:
: Not an original concept of mine. A very,
: very, very old idea.
:
: I'm in a lovin' mood today, so go ahead and
: call me a slob, Butch. I'll still love you.
:
: (Offer valid for only 48 hours.)
:
: Steve
:
:
Steve,
Wouldn't you know it. Today I don't feel like calling you a slob. Just my luck.
No, today I feel like calling you a Closet Christian, Closet Christain, Closet Christian. Nah-nah-na-nah-nah!
Lian Dao can run, but he can't hide in his closet either. You two are the Peter and the Paul of Tao Speaks. I'll let you decide which is which. I am feeling rather generous today.
There is power in prayer. Just not in the sanctimonious kind. That is the kind I never do. Ever. Well, mostly neverever.
Butch
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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