Tao Speaks: Re: season of joy

Re: season of joy

Posted by Shumard Oak on 12/24/2008, 6:42 am, in reply to "season of joy"
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: --Previous Message--
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: You are indeed an awful Daoist, Lian Dao.
:
: Here is the order of worst Daoists in the
: universe (in 'worst order'):
:
: 1. Nina
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: 2. Lian Dao
:
: 3. Steve
:
: 4. rat
:
: -----------------------
:
: Shit! How do you get to be # 1?
:
: love,
: rat
:
: -----------------------
:
: Through your association with the other
: three on the list, rat, word will get out
: that you consort with unredemptives,
: hedonists, and undifferentiated
: scum-of-the-earth.
:
: People seeking wise counsel will stop
: tugging on your robe. Book sales will
: suffer. National Public Radio will not
: interview you.
:
: Eventually, Lian Dao will rediscover his
: Jewish roots, enter a rabbinical seminary,
: and stop posting here.
:
: Then your ranking in the list will rise.
:
:
: Whew! Thank God there is hope. And that is
: fitting in this season of joy.
:
:
: "GOD JUL"
: "BUON
: ANNO"
: "FELIZ
: NATAL"
: "JOYEUX
: NOEL"
: "VESELE
: VANOCE"
: "MELE
: KALIKIMAKA"
: "NODLAG SONA
: DHUIT"
: "BLWYDDYN
: NEWYDD DDA"
:
: """""""BOAS
: FESTAS"""""""
: "FELIZ
: NAVIDAD"
: "MERRY
: CHRISTMAS"
: "KALA
: CHRISTOUGENA"
: "VROLIJK
: KERSTFEEST"
: "FROHES
: WEIHNACHTSFEST"
: "BUON
: NATALE-GODT NYTAR"
: "HUAN YING SHENG
: TAN CHIEH"
: "WESOLYCH
: SWIAT-SRETANBOZIC"
: "MOADIM
: LESIMHALINKSMUKALEDU"
:
: "HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAIDMOUBARK"
: 'N PRETTIG KERSTMIS""GESE A BMDE
: KERSGEES""ONNZLLISTA UUTTA
: VUOTTA""Z ROZHDESTYOM
: KHRYSTOVYM"
: "NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR"
: "FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON"
: "S NOVYM GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO"
: "GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU
: OLSUM"
: "EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN
: BOSIC"
: "KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA
: CHRISTOUGENA"
: "SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU
: METU"
: "SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON ANNO"
: "ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE
: RODI""BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE
: VIANOCE ""MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
: HAPPY NEW YEAR"
: "ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG
: TEN"
: "FELICES PASUAS - GLUECKLICHES NEUES
: JAHR"
: "PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS SARBATORI
: VESLLE"
: "BONNE ANNEBLWYDDYN NEWYDD
: DDADRFELIZ NATAL"
:
:

rat,

Which is worse, or better? To be the best Taoist, or the worst? It seems to me that the underlying unity of best and worst is pride. At least as it has been presented here. In this case worst is merely a form of false pride.

It does not make me proud to point this out to you in front of the whole world, it is a dirty job but someone has to do it. I can only hope I did it well.

Lucky for me I am not a Taoist.

Merry Christmas,

Shu

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Message Thread:

Rising and Falling: a continuation - Bao Pu 12/22/2008, 5:17 am
- Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - gar 12/22/2008, 6:34 am
  - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - rat 12/22/2008, 7:10 am
    - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - gar 12/22/2008, 7:42 am
      - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - rat 12/22/2008, 8:01 am
        
        Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - gar 12/22/2008, 8:12 am
        
        Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - rat 12/22/2008, 8:48 am
        
        It takes more than one to tango. - Shumard Oak 12/22/2008, 8:49 am
  - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Bao Pu 12/22/2008, 2:23 pm
    - Looking for the mother of desires - gar 12/23/2008, 5:30 am
      - Re: Looking for the mother of desires - Bao Pu 12/23/2008, 12:28 pm
        
        'I' vs 'we' - gar 12/24/2008, 5:35 am
- Breathe in, breathe out, and please continue. - Shumard Oak 12/22/2008, 8:40 am
- Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Steve 12/22/2008, 9:02 am
  - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - gar 12/22/2008, 9:10 am
    - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Steve 12/22/2008, 2:21 pm
  - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - rat 12/22/2008, 9:10 am
    - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Steve 12/22/2008, 2:01 pm
      - non-volitional volition - Lian Dao 12/22/2008, 2:03 pm
        
        Re: non-volitional volition - Steve 12/22/2008, 2:35 pm
        
        Re: non-volitional volition - Lian Dao 12/22/2008, 2:41 pm
        
        Re: non-volitional volition - Steve 12/22/2008, 4:17 pm
        
        Re: non-volitional volition - rat 12/22/2008, 7:52 pm
        
        Re: non-volitional volition - Steve 12/23/2008, 8:50 am
        
        season of joy - rat 12/23/2008, 9:05 am
        
        Re: season of joy - Bao Pu 12/23/2008, 12:18 pm
        
        Re: season of joy - rat 12/23/2008, 12:24 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - Bao Pu 12/23/2008, 12:30 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - rat 12/23/2008, 8:40 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - Steve 12/27/2008, 3:07 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - gar 12/27/2008, 4:14 pm
        
        Some of us do things so that we can realize how to do nothing more often. - rat 12/27/2008, 4:56 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - Steve 12/27/2008, 4:56 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - rat 12/27/2008, 5:04 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - Steve 12/27/2008, 6:32 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - rat 12/27/2008, 7:41 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion - Steve 12/27/2008, 9:53 pm
        
        Re: season of confusion- As we joyfully beat the dead horse even into the New Year! - rat 12/28/2008, 7:59 am
        
        dead horses and iPods - Steve 12/28/2008, 9:26 am
        
        Rene and Laoist Temple are "back on the air" - rat 12/28/2008, 12:23 pm
        
        cultivators and non-cultivators have their own special hells - Lian Dao 12/29/2008, 10:27 am
        
        Re: cultivators and non-cultivators have their own special hells - Steve 12/29/2008, 4:57 pm
        
        subject to conditions - Lian Dao 12/30/2008, 11:46 am
        
        Re: subject to conditions - Steve 12/30/2008, 12:47 pm
        
        non-self defence - Lian Dao 12/31/2008, 2:55 pm
        
        Re: non-self defence - Steve 1/1/2009, 9:18 am
        
        Re: non-self defence - Lian Dao 1/1/2009, 2:49 pm
        
        Re: dead horses and iPods & provocative - rat 12/29/2008, 3:08 pm
        
        Re: dead horses and iPods & provocative - Steve 12/29/2008, 5:33 pm
        
        objective enlightenment - gar 12/28/2008, 5:35 am
        
        brainwaves - gar 12/28/2008, 6:05 am
        
        Re: brainwaves - rat 12/28/2008, 8:07 am
        
        Re: objective enlightenment - rat 12/28/2008, 8:05 am
        
        Re: objective enlightenment - gar 12/28/2008, 10:27 am
        
        Re: objective enlightenment - rat 12/28/2008, 12:25 pm
        
        Re: objective enlightenment - gar 12/28/2008, 12:57 pm
        
        subjective enlightenment - Lian Dao 12/29/2008, 10:22 am
        
        Re: season of joy - Shumard Oak 12/24/2008, 6:42 am
        
        Merry Christmas to you as well! - rat 12/24/2008, 8:29 am
        
        What's occuring? - Lian Dao 12/23/2008, 10:23 am
        
        Re: What's occuring? - Steve 12/23/2008, 11:12 am
        
        Re: What's occuring? - Lian Dao 12/23/2008, 11:18 am
  - Will/intention - josef 12/22/2008, 9:54 am
    - Re: Will/intention - Steve 12/22/2008, 4:04 pm
      - questions - josef 12/22/2008, 6:25 pm
        
        Re: questions - Steve 12/22/2008, 6:56 pm
  - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Bao Pu 12/22/2008, 2:32 pm
    - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Steve 12/22/2008, 5:57 pm
      - Re: Rising and Falling: a continuation - Bao Pu 12/22/2008, 6:59 pm
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--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : : You are indeed an awful Daoist, Lian Dao. : : Here is the order of worst Daoists in the : universe (in 'worst order'): : : 1. Nina : : 2. Lian Dao : : 3. Steve : : 4. rat : : ----------------------- : : Shit! How do you get to be # 1? : : love, : rat : : ----------------------- : : Through your association with the other : three on the list, rat, word will get out : that you consort with unredemptives, : hedonists, and undifferentiated : scum-of-the-earth. : : People seeking wise counsel will stop : tugging on your robe. Book sales will : suffer. National Public Radio will not : interview you. : : Eventually, Lian Dao will rediscover his : Jewish roots, enter a rabbinical seminary, : and stop posting here. : : Then your ranking in the list will rise. : : : Whew! Thank God there is hope. And that is : fitting in this season of joy. : : : "GOD JUL" : "BUON : ANNO" : "FELIZ : NATAL" : "JOYEUX : NOEL" : "VESELE : VANOCE" : "MELE : KALIKIMAKA" : "NODLAG SONA : DHUIT" : "BLWYDDYN : NEWYDD DDA" : : : """""""BOAS : : FESTAS""""""" : "FELIZ : NAVIDAD" : "MERRY : CHRISTMAS" : "KALA : CHRISTOUGENA" : "VROLIJK : KERSTFEEST" : "FROHES : WEIHNACHTSFEST" : "BUON : NATALE-GODT NYTAR" : "HUAN YING SHENG : TAN CHIEH" : "WESOLYCH : SWIAT-SRETANBOZIC" : "MOADIM : LESIMHALINKSMUKALEDU" : : "HAUSKAA JOULUA-AID SAIDMOUBARK" : 'N PRETTIG KERSTMIS""GESE A BMDE : KERSGEES""ONNZLLISTA UUTTA : VUOTTA""Z ROZHDESTYOM : KHRYSTOVYM" : "NADOLIG LLAWEN-GOTT NYTTSAR" : "FELIC NADAL-GOJAN KRISTNASKON" : "S NOVYM GODOM-FELIZ ANO NUEVO" : "GLEDILEG JOL-NOELINIZ KUTLU : OLSUM" : "EEN GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR-SRETAN : BOSIC" : "KRIHSTLINDJA GEZUAR-KALA : CHRISTOUGENA" : "SELAMAT HARI NATAL - LAHNINGU NAJU : METU" : "SARBATORI FERICITE-BUON ANNO" : "ZORIONEKO GABON-HRISTOS SE : RODI""BOLDOG KARACSONNY-VESELE : VIANOCE ""MERRY CHRISTMAS AND : HAPPY NEW YEAR" : "ROOMSAID JOULU PUHI -KUNG HO SHENG : TEN" : "FELICES PASUAS - GLUECKLICHES NEUES : JAHR" : "PRIECIGUS ZIEMAN SVETKUS SARBATORI : VESLLE" : "BONNE ANNEBLWYDDYN NEWYDD : DDADRFELIZ NATAL" : : : : rat, : : Which is worse, or better? To be the best : Taoist, or the worst? It seems to me that : the underlying unity of best and worst is : pride. At least as it has been presented : here. In this case worst is merely a form of : false pride. : : It does not make me proud to point this out : to you in front of the whole world, it is a : dirty job but someone has to do it. I can : only hope I did it well. : : Lucky for me I am not a Taoist. : : Merry Christmas, : : Shu : :

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