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Posted by Steve on 2/4/2009, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Be Afraid, very, very Afraid."
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: Friends,
:
: "Fear" is actually a poor
: translation. A better word that is a more
: accurate translation is "awe",
: rather than fear. The "awe" of God
: is the beginning of wisdom. That sort of
: thing. "Respect" too comes to
: mind. But the religious minded are more into
: fear than awe.
:
: I see the words of the Teacher to be very
: Taoist. Perhaps I am the only one here that
: does.
:
: And I also see God and Tao as
: interchangeable. I am open to different ways
: of saying the same thing. We are all blind
: men when it comes to the Elephant in the
: room.
:
: Butcho
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I think it's the same elephant, Butcho. I know you do too. I suspect everyone here does.
Except Wayne. I'm not sure about Wayne.
'Awe' is good. I can live with that, as long as it's not the 'awe of that thing there'--the awe that gives birth to all lusts.
Actually...only Buddhists have issues with lust, so scratch that.
'Awe' is fine.
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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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