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Posted by Lian Dao on 11/13/2008, 4:12 am, in reply to "Re: ontological freedom fighting"
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: Would you then suggest, with what you
: suggest above, that those that take a
: literal view of these ancient metaphysical
: texts, or depend upon anothers
: interpretation of these ancient metaphysical
: texts, are wrong? Wrong, in that, they have
: no self-knowledge of what is written in
: these ancient metaphysical texts?
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: Another great, and difficult, question.
:
: The Really Really Wise Ones suggest that
: there are infinite depths, or degrees, of
: 'getting it.' I may think I 'get it,'
: whether I sense it directly or trust in what
: someone else tells me, but I may be off
: track. Or maybe I get it, but only
: partially. Or maybe I don't get it at all.
:
: Regardless, I have faith that there is no
: fundamental problem in the universe, and
: that all is well. That I am safe.
:
: So, I don't lose sleep at night fretting
: over where I am at the moment on the Great
: Cosmic 'With-it' Scale.
:
: Do you?
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Do i what?
Do i 'get it' or do i not lose any sleep at night worrying over whether i do 'get it' or not?
In any case the answer to both would be, nah not really.
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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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