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Posted by Bao Pu
on 2/6/2009, 3:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Why Did Lao Tzu Write the TTC ?"
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: I have a friend that's really into Tao. He
: says there's nothing to do, nothing to be,
: that everything is perfect.
: I don't understand, I get something
: completely different from reading Lao Tzu.
: If there was nothing to do, no steps to
: take, everything is just hunkey dorey as it
: is.....Then why the heck write a book about
: it, wouldn't he be concerned he might upset
: the apple cart. Wouldn't he just leave
: well-enough alone ?
:
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: I also have a friend who's really into dao
: and who says there's nothing fundamental
: that needs doing, nothing that needs to be
: other than it is, and that things are
: essentially fine as is (which doesn't mean
: it's all smiley-face and pain-free, only
: that it's all fundamentally okay as is).
:
: His name is Laozi.
:
: He wrote a book about it for the same reason
: that people build cathedrals adorned with
: gold. His heart was full, and he wanted to
: share his good news.
:
: His good news being that the universe has
: not conspired against us, has not placed
: obstacles before us, has not seen it
: necessary to send us intermediaries to tell
: us what to think or how to be.
:
: That we already have what we need. That the
: feast is already laid out before us.
Nah, I think his name is Steve ;-)
Pu
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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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