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Posted by Nina on 8/7/2008, 10:10 am, in reply to "Though men go mad in herds, they regain their senses one at a time."
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: Steve,
:
: The negation of the negation that leads to
: the Great Affirmation. Two minuses make a
: positive.
:
: Negative measures positive measures
: negative. Neither pole of a polarity stands
: alone. Each pole is a part of an underlying
: unity. A part of that which has no parts.
:
: Verse 1 of the Tao Te Ching makes the
: OldBoy's perspective clear.
:
: The Way that becomes a way is not the
: Immortal Way.
:
: The Way cannot be directly stated. Cannot be
: limited to words that are polarized--this or
: that. The Way must be experienced by oneself
: to be known. One can read about it all day
: long and not know for oneself what is being
: talked about.
:
: ... two different names for one and the
: same. The one we call dark. The dark beyond
: dark. The door to all beginnings.
:
: Light and Dark are but two different names
: for one and the same. The OldBoy recommends
: that we take the Dark way, the feminine way,
: the inside way. The meditative way. The way
: where light and dark, this and that, are
: negated for they are seen as one and the
: same. But the OldBoy does not stop there, at
: the negation of duality. No, the OldBoy goes
: on. On to even the negation of negation. To
: the Great Affirmation. To the door to all
: beginnings, to beginningless endlessness.
:
: By not relying on outside things, opinions,
: religion, science, and such, the adept relys
: on him or herself. The adept turns inward
: and finds the door that opens to the great
: beyond. It is a virtuous way. A wise way. A
: powerful way. The only way for it is the way
: that was given to each of us by existence. A
: way that cannot be given to us by any
: outside agency. A way that cannot be taken
: from us. It can only be given up. I choose
: not to give up.
:
: Because everything is known does not mean
: everything is determined.
:
: Butch
:
Butch-
I know lots of people who never went through the great negation...... and don't have a clue what negation and affirmation mean.
I'm happy to say that most of the ones I hold closest to my heart are kind, giving individuals. Laozi also suggests we stop looking so deeply within ourselves that we lose sight of others.
-Nina
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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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